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Risk Perception Of Hiv Infection Among The Nigerian African- Immigrant Population In Houston, Texas, Esther Titilayo Ogunjimi
Risk Perception Of Hiv Infection Among The Nigerian African- Immigrant Population In Houston, Texas, Esther Titilayo Ogunjimi
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
HIV/AIDS studies mostly lack distinction between the US-born Blacks and non-US-born Blacks while African Americans (AAs) continues to represent the group with the heaviest burden of AIDS deaths and new diagnosis of HIV. A review of studies on HIV infection in the US, Europe, and other Western countries revealed a knowledge gap on HIV infection with non-refugee African immigrants (NRAIs), especially the Nigerian African Immigrants (NAIs) who are non-US-born Blacks. The purpose of this descriptive phenomenological study is to address this gap by exploring the expressed views of NAIs, a sub-group of the NRAIs living in Houston, Texas, on the …