Love, sex, and power: Considering women's realities in HIV prevention

American Psychologist

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 437-447

  Amaro, Hortensia ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BEHAVIOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOVE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REVIEW; RISK; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMAN; LOVE; MALE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RISK-TAKING; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEX EDUCATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; WOMEN;

EID: 0029318699     PISSN: 0003066X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0003-066X.50.6.437     Document Type: Article

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