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The Effect Of Hiv Knowledge And Hiv Attitudes On African American Women’S Decision To Hiv Test, Lisa Ann Green
The Effect Of Hiv Knowledge And Hiv Attitudes On African American Women’S Decision To Hiv Test, Lisa Ann Green
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Centers for Disease Control (2011a) Surveillance report revealed African American women comprised 63% of new HIV cases among women; 65% of African American women were infected with HIV transmitted by heterosexual sex; yet represent 13% of the female population in the United States. An existing data set was examined from a sample of 761 African American women with a history of drug use at high risk to acquire or transmit HIV and/or STDs to determine 751 women’s knowledge and attitudes about risky sexual behaviors, factors influencing a decision to HIV test, and the influence of sex trading on the decision …