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of state-level social capital. That measure is a composite of 14 different variables, including, among others things, the number of social organizations in a state; the reported level of participation in those social activities with friends; the extent to which individuals report trusting each other; and overall voting rates.

The investigators measured disease rates using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) surveillance system measures of state-level AIDS cases, gonorrhea, syphilis, and chlamydia. Behavioral outcome measures were obtained through the CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which includes seven aspects of adolescent HIV-related sexual risk behavior.

"Our findings tell us that the amount of trust and cooperation in a society social capital should be considered in the development of HIV and STD prevention interventions," Dr. Holtgrave said. "We also have to extend our study of social capital beyond sexually transmitted diseases to all the nationally notifiable infectious diseases, including, among others, tuberculosis and hepatitis."

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Contact: Holly Korschun
hkorsch@emory.edu
404-727-3990
Emory University Health Sciences Center
11-Jul-2002

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