Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among Adults Who Had Been Abused and Neglected as Children:A 30-Year Prospective Study

Objectives. We examined associations between childhood abuse and neglect and the risk in adulthood for sexually transmitted diseases. Methods. In a prospective cohort design, we matched children aged 0 to 11 years with documented cases of abuse or neglect during 1967 to 1971 with a control group of...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Published in:	American journal of public health (1971) 2009-04, Vol.99 (S1), p.S197-S203
Main Authors:	Wilson, Helen W, Widom, Cathy S
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Adolescent Adult Adults Child Child abuse & neglect Child Abuse, Sexual - statistics & numerical data Child sexual abuse Child, Preschool Childhood Children Children & youth Condoms Confidence Intervals Disease Disease transmission Early intervention Elementary schools Female Gender Hispanic people Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Interviews Logistic Models Longitudinal studies Male Medical screening Middle Aged New York - epidemiology Odds Ratio Prevalence Prospective Studies Public health Research and Practice Risk Risk Factors Sex crimes Sexual abuse Sexual assault Sexually transmitted diseases Sexually Transmitted Diseases - epidemiology STD Studies Time Factors Victims Young Adult
Citations:	Items that this one cites Items that cite this one
Online Access:	Get full text
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!