Psychosocial correlates of HIV sexual protective behavior among Puerto Rican women residing in the Bronx, New York

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 274-293

  Dixon, Denise ^a   Saul, Janet ^b   Peters, Michael ^c  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; CONTROL; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFE SEX; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOMS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEW YORK CITY; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; SELF EFFICACY; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN;

EID: 77949344841     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330903171416     Document Type: Article

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