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AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN’S FEARS, KNOWLEDGE, AND BEHAVIORS ABOUT HIV/AIDS

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2007
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The purpose of this study was to explore the knowledge, beliefs, and fears of African American women about contracting HIV/AIDS with the aim of identifying any common themes of these variables. I used these findings to create recommendations for education and prevention strategies that are crucial for HIV/AIDS risk-reduction behaviors among African American women and teenage girls. Ten African American women participated in the case study. To provide a focus for the study that would achieve the stated research goals, 5 research questions which aligned with a modified AIDS/HIV Questionnaire and AIDS/HIV Risk Assessment Interview were used. The findings from the study revealed that African American women are at the highest risk for exposure to and infection with the HIV virus. One of the main implications of these findings is that while African American women appear to be knowledgeable about HIV/AIDS to a certain degree, some continue to engage in high-risk sexual behaviors. African American women are becoming infected with the HIV virus and dying of AIDS at epidemic rates. The information from the 10 African American women participants in this study reinforces the seriousness for understanding how African American women are becoming one of the most affected groups for contracting HIV/AIDS. Today, for many African American women, sexual encounters and relationships with men who are drug users, living in and out of prison systems or are living on the down low, continues to increase the number of Black women becoming infected.
Title: AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN’S FEARS, KNOWLEDGE, AND BEHAVIORS ABOUT HIV/AIDS.
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Name(s): Washington-Thomas, Johnnii Drucilla, Author
Type of Resource: text
Date Issued: 2007
Publisher: University of West Florida
Language(s): English
Summary: The purpose of this study was to explore the knowledge, beliefs, and fears of African American women about contracting HIV/AIDS with the aim of identifying any common themes of these variables. I used these findings to create recommendations for education and prevention strategies that are crucial for HIV/AIDS risk-reduction behaviors among African American women and teenage girls. Ten African American women participated in the case study. To provide a focus for the study that would achieve the stated research goals, 5 research questions which aligned with a modified AIDS/HIV Questionnaire and AIDS/HIV Risk Assessment Interview were used. The findings from the study revealed that African American women are at the highest risk for exposure to and infection with the HIV virus. One of the main implications of these findings is that while African American women appear to be knowledgeable about HIV/AIDS to a certain degree, some continue to engage in high-risk sexual behaviors. African American women are becoming infected with the HIV virus and dying of AIDS at epidemic rates. The information from the 10 African American women participants in this study reinforces the seriousness for understanding how African American women are becoming one of the most affected groups for contracting HIV/AIDS. Today, for many African American women, sexual encounters and relationships with men who are drug users, living in and out of prison systems or are living on the down low, continues to increase the number of Black women becoming infected.
Identifier: WFE0000091 (IID), uwf:60705 (fedora)
Note(s): Ed.D.
Department of Professional and Community Leadership
Doctorate
Subject(s): HIV, AIDS, down-low, african american women, poverty, sex
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/uwf/fd/WFE0000091
Restrictions on Access: public
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Host Institution: UWF

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