What african american male adolescents are telling us about HIV infection among their peers: Cultural approaches for HIV prevention

Social Work

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 201-210

  Voisin, Dexter R ^a   Bird, Jason D P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Conspiracy beliefs; HIV; Male african americans; Perceptions of risk

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PEER GROUP; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PEER GROUP; RISK-TAKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67651166750     PISSN: 00378046     EISSN: 15456846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/sw/54.3.201     Document Type: Article

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