Partner Incarceration and African-American Women’s Sexual Relationships and Risk: A Longitudinal Qualitative Study

Journal of Urban Health

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 527-547

  Cooper, Hannah L F ^a   Caruso, Bethany ^a   Barham, Terrika ^a   Embry, Venita ^a   Dauria, Emily ^a   Clark, Claire D ^a   Comfort, Megan L ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African American women; Health disparities; HIV; Incarceration; Longitudinal methods; Qualitative methods; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEORGIA; GROUNDED THEORY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONER; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; GEORGIA; GROUNDED THEORY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRISONERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930382661     PISSN: 10993460     EISSN: 14682869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-015-9941-8     Document Type: Article

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