Assessing the impact of HIV risk reduction counseling in impoverished African American women: A structural equations approach

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 253-273

  Nyamathi, Adeline M ^a,b   Stein, Judith A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; COUNSELING; DRUG ABUSE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF ESTEEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL WORK; THREAT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; DEFENSE MECHANISMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS;

EID: 0030800185     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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