Low-income African American women's attempts to convince their main partner to use condoms

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 70-83

  Perrino, Tatiana ^a   Fernández, M Isabel ^a,b   Bowen, G Stephen ^a,b   Arheart, Kristopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Condom use; HIV risk; Minority women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD ABUSE; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFIDELITY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MINORITY GROUP; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; SEXUALITY; SPOUSE; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33744510460     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1099-9809.12.1.70     Document Type: Article

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