Relationship power, acculturation, and sexual risk behavior among low-income Latinas of Mexican or Puerto Rican ethnicity

Sexuality Research and Social Policy

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 56-69

  Ragsdale, Kathleen ^a   Gore Felton, Cheryl ^b   Koopman, Cheryl ^b   Seal, David W ^c  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnically diverse; Extradyadic partners; HIV AIDS; Primary partners; Unprotected sex

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650523477     PISSN: 15536610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/srsp.2009.6.1.56     Document Type: Article

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