African American Grandfamilies' Attitudes and Feelings About Sexual Communication: Focus Group Results

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 133-140

  Cornelius, Judith B ^a   LeGrand, Sara ^a   Jemmott, Loretta Sweet ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

adolescent grandchildren; attitudes; feelings; grandparents; sexual communication

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD; FAMILY; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ATTITUDE; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 61849121373     PISSN: 10553290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jana.2008.10.007     Document Type: Article

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