@article {3935, title = {Discrimination and sexual risk among young urban pregnant women of color.}, journal = {Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association}, volume = {33}, year = {2014}, month = {2014 Jan}, pages = {3-10}, abstract = {Discrimination predicts increased risk for many negative health outcomes, helping explain a variety of racial and socioeconomic health disparities. Recent research suggests discrimination may play a role in disparities in HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs); however, this research has focused on risk behaviors and has yet to establish a link between discrimination and STI diagnosis specifically. This investigation tested whether discrimination predicted condom use, risky sexual partners, and self-reported STI diagnosis among a population disproportionately affected by HIV and STIs in the U.S.: young, pregnant, socioeconomically disadvantaged, women of color.}, keywords = {Adolescent, African Americans, Condoms, Female, Hispanic Americans, HIV Infections, Humans, New York City, Pregnancy, Prejudice, Qualitative Research, Risk-Taking, Self Report, Sexual Behavior, Sexual Partners, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Urban Population, Young Adult}, issn = {1930-7810}, doi = {10.1037/a0032502}, author = {Rosenthal, Lisa and Earnshaw, Valerie A and Lewis, Jessica B and Lewis, Ten{\'e} T and Reid, Allecia E and Stasko, Emily C and Tobin, Jonathan N and Ickovics, Jeannette R} }