One Love: Explicit Monogamy Agreements among Heterosexual Young Adult Couples at Increased Risk of Sexually Transmitted Infections

Acknoweledgements: The PARTNERS Project was supported by cooperative agreements #U30/CCU 915062-1-0 and #U30/CCU 615166-1-0 with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). S. Marie Harvey and Heather C. Huszti, Principal Investigators; Christine Galavotti, Katina A. Pappas-DeLuca, and Joan Marie Kraft, Project Officers. The contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC. Key Words: Couples, STDs, Communication HIV prevention strategies among couples include condom use, HIV testing, and mutual monogamy. Research suggests that condom use is more likely with new or casual partners and tends to decline as relationships become more intimate and steady over time. Little is known, however, about HIV testing and explicit mutual monogamy agreements within heterosexual couples. This study used data from 435 youn