Exploring the social and community context of African American adolescents' HIV vulnerability

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1541-1550

  Woods Jaeger, Briana A ^a   Sparks, Alicia ^b   Turner, Kea ^b   Griffith, Turquoise ^b   Jackson, Melvin ^c   Lightfoot, Alexandra F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Strengthening The Black Family Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents youth; African Americans; health, determinants of; HIV AIDS prevention; social issues

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENTS / YOUTH; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH, DETERMINANTS OF; HIV/AIDS PREVENTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL ISSUES; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENTS / YOUTH; AFRICAN AMERICANS; HEALTH, DETERMINANTS OF; HIV/AIDS PREVENTION; SOCIAL ISSUES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 84886842625     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732313507143     Document Type: Article

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