African American Women's Experience of Infection With HIV in the Rural Southeastern United States

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-36

  Mallory, Caroline ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

African American women; HIV; prevention and control; rural

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WOMEN;

EID: 37849032000     PISSN: 10553290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jana.2007.09.003     Document Type: Article

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