Risk Behavior, Perceptions of HIV Risk, and Risk-Reduction Behavior Among a Small Group of Rural African American Women Who Use Drugs

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 42-50

  Brown, Emma J ^a   Van Hook, Mary ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROSTITUTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL POPULATION; SAFE SEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FLORIDA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SAFE SEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WOMEN;

EID: 33748425300     PISSN: 10553290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jana.2006.07.004     Document Type: Article

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