Project GRACE: A Staged Approach to Development of a Community—Academic Partnership to Address HIV in Rural African American Communities

Health Promotion Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 293-302

  Corbie Smith, Giselle ^a   Adimora, Adaora A ^b   Youmans, Selena ^b   Muhammad, Melvin ^c   Blumenthal, Connie ^b   Ellison, Arlinda ^d   Akers, Aletha ^e   Council, Barbara ^f   Thigpen, Yolanda ^g   Wynn, Mysha ^c   Lloyd, Stacey W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Project Momentum   (United States)

^d Edgecombe County Health Department   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f University of Pittsburgh ^*  (United States)

^g Edgecombe County Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; CBPR; HIV prevention; rural communities

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CAPACITY BUILDING; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PUBLIC RELATIONS; RURAL POPULATION; UNIVERSITY;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CAPACITY BUILDING; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RURAL POPULATION; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 79960945366     PISSN: 15248399     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524839909348766     Document Type: Article

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