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Anticipated sample sizes

Recruitment areas

University of Miami

500 sexually active HIV-negative or unknown serostatus Hispanic women

Sample will include proportional representation of Hispanic women in South Florida: Caribbean (Cuban 50%, Puerto Rican 6%, other 5%) Central American and Mexican (21%), and South American (18%).

Florida (Miami-Dade County)

University of North Carolina

500 sexually active HIV-negative or unknown serostatus African-American women

Edgecombe and Nash counties (two contiguous rural counties in eastern North Carolina)

Health Services Center (HSC), Alabama

350 HIV-negative or unknown serostatus African-American women

Calhoun, Etowah, DeKalb, Chambers, Tallapoosa, Talladega counties (rural counties in northeastern Alabama)