American Indian women, HIV/AIDS, and health disparity

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 741-752

  Vernon, Irene S ^a  

^a Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

American Indian; At risk; Genderism; Health disparity; HIV AIDS; Inequality; Intimate partner violence; STD; Treatment access; Vulnerability; Women

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AMERICAN INDIAN; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CHLAMYDIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHICS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MALPRACTICE; NONHUMAN; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RACISM; RAPE; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYPHILIS; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34250189931     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10826080701202569     Document Type: Review

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