Contexts of risk and networks of protection: NYC West Indian immigrants' perceptions of migration and vulnerability to sexually transmitted diseases

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 513-528

  Hoffman, Susie ^a,b   Higgins, Jenny A ^b   Beckford Jarrett, Sharlene T ^c   Augenbraun, Michael ^d   Bylander, Kimberly E ^e   Mantell, Joanne E ^a   Wilson, Tracey E ^d  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

^d SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caribbean; HIV STD; Migration; Sexual health; Sexual networks; West Indian

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CONDOM; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFE SEX; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; CONDOMS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SAFE SEX; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEST INDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953275764     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2011.562304     Document Type: Article

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