Sisters empowered, sisters aware: Three strategies to recruit African American women for HIV testing

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 190-202

  Gaiter, Juarlyn L ^a   Johnson, Wayne D ^a   Taylor, Eboni ^a   Thadiparthi, Sekhar ^b   Duncan Alexander, Thalia ^c   Lemon, Carla ^c   Turner, Amana ^d   Hickman, Debra ^e   Brown, Donald ^f   Aponte, Expedito ^g   Kimbrough, Lisa ^a   Prather, Cynthia ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Emergint Technologies Inc   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Change Happens Inc   (United States)

^e Sisters Together And Reaching Inc   (United States)

^f JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Harlem United   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879315353     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2013.25.3.190     Document Type: Article

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