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Social Capital, Hiv Risk Behavior And Substance Use Among Recent Latino Immigrants In South Florida, Elena Cyrus
Social Capital, Hiv Risk Behavior And Substance Use Among Recent Latino Immigrants In South Florida, Elena Cyrus
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Social capital, or social cohesion or group connectedness, can influence both HIV risk behavior and substance use. Because recent immigrants undergo a change in environment, one of the consequences can be a change in social capital. There may be an association among changes in social capital, and HIV risk behavior and substance use post immigration. The dissertation focused on the interface of these three variables among recent Latino immigrants (RLIs) in South Florida.
The first manuscript is a systematic review of social capital and HIV risk behavior, and served as a partial background for the second and third manuscripts. Twelve …