Citation

Harris AL. J. Natl. Black Nurses Assoc. 2015; 26(1): 58-63.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, National Black Nurses Association)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

26371361

Abstract

Adolescents spend an inordinate amount of time engaged with media, which is highly sexualized. Sexualized material can be found in music, on television and the Internet, as well as in magazines and books. Adolescents engaged with media are often influenced by this sexualized content, leading them to engage in risky sexual behavior. Urban literature (urban lit) is extremely popular among African-American female adolescents due to its portrayal of urban life and hip-hop culture. The purpose of this survey was to ascertain the extent to which African-American adolescent females are reading urban literature and to document whether this genre of literature had an effect on their sexual risk behaviors.

Language: en