Choosing unsafe sex : AIDS-risk denial among disadvantaged women /

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Choosing Unsafe Sex focuses on the ways in which condom refusal and beliefs regarding HIV testing reflect women's hopes for their relationships and their desires to preserve status and self-esteem. It also discusses the related issue of seropositivity concealment or non-disclosure. Many of the...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sobo, Elisa Janine, 1963-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995.
Temas:
Women with social disabilities > Sexual behavior > United States.
Sexual health > United States.
Safe sex in AIDS prevention > United States.
Sexual behavior surveys > United States.
AIDS (Disease) in women > United States.
Risk-taking (Psychology)
Women.
Sexual Behavior
Condoms > statistics & numerical data
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
HIV Infections > prevention & control
Risk-Taking
Women
Femmes socialement défavorisées > Sexualité > États-Unis.
Hygiène sexuelle > États-Unis.
Sexualité sans risque dans la prévention du sida > États-Unis.
Sida chez la femme > États-Unis.
Prise de risque.
Femmes.
women (female humans)
MEDICAL > AIDS & HIV.
AIDS (Disease) in women
Safe sex in AIDS prevention
Sexual behavior surveys
Sexual health
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Women and AIDS in the United States
  • AIDS education and the perception of risk
  • Seroposivity self-disclosure and concealment
  • The condom use project
  • Romance and finance
  • The psychosocial benefits of unsafe sex
  • HIV testing and wishful thinking
  • Self-disclosure self-described
  • Circumventing denial
  • Appendix A: interviewee profiles
  • Appendix B: further quantitative findings.

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