Constrained but not determined by stigma: Resistance by African American women living with HIV

Women and Health

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1-18

  Buseh, Aaron G ^a   Stevens, Patricia E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Discrimination; HIV AIDS; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NARRATIVE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ASPECT; STIGMA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL DISTANCE; STEREOTYPING; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33846625200     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v44n03_01     Document Type: Article

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