HIV prevention for black women: Structural barriers and opportunities

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 829-841

  Newman, Peter A ^a   Williams, Charmaine C ^a   Massaquoi, Notisha ^a   Brown, Marsha ^a   Logic, Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

AIDS; Canada; Ethnic minority groups; HIV; Prejudice; Primary prevention; Qualitative research; Social factors; Structural factors; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CENTRAL AMERICA; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TABOO; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARIBBEAN REGION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PREJUDICE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TABOO; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 49849106816     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.0.0043     Document Type: Article

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