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1. A Prospective Study of Exposure to Rap Music Videos and African American Female Adolescents' Health.

Author

Wingood, Gina M., DiClemente, Ralph J., Bernhardt, Jay M., Harrington, Kathy, Davies, Susan L., Robillard, Alyssa, and Hook III, Edward W.

Subjects
*MUSIC videos, *RAP music, *AFRICAN American music, *YOUTH health, UNITED States music
Abstract

The article presents research which dealt with the impact of rap music on the health of African American female adolescents. Rap music videos are a media genre that is attracting considerable attention. Level of exposure to rap music videos, the predictor variable was determined by asking adolescents to estimate the number of hours they viewed rap music videos during an average day. Covariates examined included age, employment status, involvement in extracurricular activities, participation in religious events, family composition, and group assignment to either the HIV intervention or the comparison health situation.

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2003
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