Knowledge alone is not sufficient to motivate adolescents to adopt safer sex behaviors. Most efforts to address the AIDS crisis among adolescents have focused on providing information about how HIV is transmitted and describing ways to prevent infection. However, recent studies demonstrate that many adolescents lack knowledge and share misconceptions about HIV and do not practice safer sex. The authors present a successful cognitive–behavioral model for HIV prevention. Different modes of clinical intervention are presented within the context of the model.
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