HIV and Youth Quiz (ages 13-24)

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a. Breastfeeding b. Heterosexual contact c. Having sex with women

a. 41,000 b. 31,000 c. 46,000

a. Are less likely to seek HIV testing b. If they become infected, they are less likely to know it c. Are likely to have one or more female sex partners and if they become infected may transmit the virus to women as well as to men d. All of the above

a. lack of recognition of their partners' risk factors b. inequality in relationships c. having sex with older men who are more likely to be infected with HIV d. All of the above

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a. 28% b. 36% c. 43%

a. Experimentation with drugs b. Sex c. Perinatal HIV transmission

a. Physical, psychological, and social attributes of adolescence make young people particularly vulnerable to HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). b. Adolescents often are not able to comprehend fully the extent of their exposure to risk. c. Many youth are socially inexperienced and dependent on others. Peer pressures easily influence them often in ways that can increase their risk. d. All of the above

a. 10% b. 25% c. 34% d. 50%

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a. 60% b. 50% c. 40%

a. 35% b. 41% c. 28%

a. One-quarter (26%); half (53%) b. One-third (31%); half (53%) c. One-third (31%); one-quarter (26%)