Family, cultural and gender role aspects in the context of HIV risk among African American women of unidentified HIV status: an exploratory qualitative study.
This was an exploratory, qualitative study of contextual cultural and social realities of the sexual interactions of a representative sample of African American women of unidentified HIV status. The study expanded our understanding of family and gender role variables by exploring influences of famil...
| Publicado en: | AIDS Care Vol. 19; no. 3; pp. 307 - 318 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar2007
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