Supporting Voice in Women Living with HIV/AIDS

Silencing the Self Across Cultures: Depression and Gender in the Social World

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  DeMarco, Rosanna F ^a  

^a BOSTON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

African american women; Culturally relevant interventions; Depression; HIV AIDS; Participatory action research; Self silencing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921259392     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195398090.003.0017     Document Type: Chapter

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