Conspiracy beliefs about HIV/AIDS and birth control among African Americans: Implications for the prevention of HIV, other STIs, and unintended pregnancy

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 109-126

  Bird, Sheryl Thorburn ^a   Bogart, Laura M ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; CULTURAL INFLUENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PREGNANCY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; GENETICS AND REPRODUCTION; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONDOMS; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNPLANNED; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 15844394279     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-4537.2005.00396.x     Document Type: Article

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