HIV/AIDS and the Black Church: What are the barriers to prevention services?

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 97, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1682-1685

  Smith, Justin ^a   Simmons, Emma ^a,b   Mayer, Kenneth H ^a,c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL HOSPITAL OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^c Brown University AIDS Program   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Churches; HIV AIDS; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHRISTIANITY; CLERGY; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RHODE ISLAND; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 28644431873     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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