HIV/AIDS stigma and religiosity among african American women

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 388-401

  Muturi, Nancy ^a   An, Soontae ^b  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 77954000830     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: 10870415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810731003753125     Document Type: Article

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