Authors: Jeffrey B. Bingenheimer of the Milken Institute for Public Health, George Washington University, and Elizabeth Reed of the School of Medicine, University of California at San Diego
Publication Date: December 2014
In this article, Jeffrey B. Bingenheimer and Elizabeth Reed present data collected from seven hundred female respondents who participated in a longitudinal study of behavioral risk for HIV infection among youth aged 13–14 or 18–19 in southeastern Ghana. They conclude that more research is needed to understand the complex context of females’ relationships with boyfriends and that a greater understanding of these relationships will aid in efforts to prevent sexual coercion and violence.