Gang life brings deep health risks for girls

Wednesday, August 27, 2014 - 16:00 in Psychology & Sociology

Being involved in a gang poses considerable health-related risks for adolescent African American girls, including more casual sex partners and substance abuse combined with less testing for HIV and less knowledge about preventing sexually transmitted diseases, according to a new study.

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