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What Inez Knows: A Qualitative, Longitudinal Case Study Of One Woman's Journey Through The Maze Of Living With Hiv And A Serious Mental Illness, Linda Austin May 2014

What Inez Knows: A Qualitative, Longitudinal Case Study Of One Woman's Journey Through The Maze Of Living With Hiv And A Serious Mental Illness, Linda Austin

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WHAT INEZ KNOWS: A QUALITATIVE, LONGITUDINAL CASE STUDY OF ONE WOMAN'S JOURNEY THROUGH THE MAZE OF LIVING WITH HIV AND A SERIOUS MENTAL ILLNESS

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Linda Austin

The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2014

Under the Supervision of Professor Patricia E. Stevens

Although more than thirty years have passed since AIDS was first diagnosed in the U. S., the HIV/AIDS epidemic continues and the prevalence and incidence statistics remain alarming. Twenty-five percent of the people living with HIV in the United States are women, but only half of these women are in care and even fewer women (42%) have viral suppression. Women …