Reframing Women's Risk:: Social Inequalities and HIV Infection

S Zierler, N Krieger - Women, Medicine, Ethics and the Law, 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
Social inequalities lie at the heart of risk of HIV infection among women in the United States.
As of December, 1995, 71,818 US women had developed AIDS-defining diagnoses. These …

Stress management effects on psychological, endocrinological, and immune functioning in men with HIV infection: empirical support for a psychoneuroimmunological …

MH Antoni - Stress, 2003 - Taylor & Francis
We present a psychoneuroimmunologic (PNI) model for Human Immunodeficiency Virus
(HIV) infection, describe a 10-week group-based cognitive behavioral stress management …

Attitudes and beliefs of African Americans toward participation in medical research

G Corbie-Smith, SB Thomas, MV Williams… - Journal of general …, 1999 - Springer
OBJECTIVE: To describe barriers to participation of African Americans in research. DESIGN:
Focus group interviews conducted in 1997. PATIENTS: Thirty-three African-American adults …

Communication for development: Theory and practice for empowerment and social justice

SR Melkote, HL Steeves - 2015 - scholarworks.bgsu.edu
The third edition of this book builds on the two previous editions in our efforts to trace the
history of devcom theory and practice, present diverse approaches and their proponents …

HIV sexual risk behaviors and perception of risk among college students: implications for planning interventions

AS Adefuye, TC Abiona, JA Balogun… - BMC public health, 2009 - Springer
Background The college environment offers great opportunity for HIV high-risk behaviors,
including unsafe sex and multiple partnerships. While the overall incidence of HIV infection …

Quality of life among women living with HIV: the importance violence, social support, and self care behaviors

AC Gielen, KA McDonnell, AW Wu, P O'Campo… - Social science & …, 2001 - Elsevier
This paper describes the relationship between psychosocial factors and health related
quality of life among 287 HIV-positive women using items from the Medical Outcomes Study …

Stigma, disclosure, and psychological functioning among HIV-infected and non-infected African-American women

HJ Clark, G Lindner, L Armistead, BJ Austin - Women & health, 2004 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT HIV is on the rise among African-American women. AIDS-related stigma plays
an important role in the lives of HIV-infected and non-infected African-American women …

Women Living with HIV/AIDS: The Dual Challenge of Being a Patient and Caregiver

KL Hackl, AM Somlai, JA Kelly… - Health & social …, 1997 - academic.oup.com
More than 60,000 women in the United States have been diagnosed with AIDS, and millions
of women worldwide are infected with HIV. Most of these women will die at an early age …

Chronic sorrow in the HIV-positive patient: Issues of race, gender, and social support

B Lichtenstein, MK Laska, JM Clair - AIDS patient care and STDs, 2002 - liebertpub.com
This study used Olshansky's (1962) concept of chronic sorrow to examine social support
needs of 21 human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-positive men and women in a southern …

The gender ratio imbalance and its relationship to risk of HIV/AIDS among African American women at historically black colleges and universities

YO Ferguson, SC Quinn, E Eng, M Sandelowski - AIDS care, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
African American women are at increased risk of HIV transmission through heterosexual
contact. HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death among African American women between …