Aiming for More Relevant HIV Risk Reduction: A Black Feminist Perspective for Enhancing HIV Intervention for Low-Income African American Women

Autor/inn/en	Gentry, Quinn M.; Elifson, Kirk; Sterk, Claire
Titel	Aiming for More Relevant HIV Risk Reduction: A Black Feminist Perspective for Enhancing HIV Intervention for Low-Income African American Women
Quelle	In: AIDS Education and Prevention, 17 (2005) 3, S.238-252 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0899-9546
DOI	10.1521/aeap.17.4.238.66531
Schlagwörter	Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS); African Americans; Feminism; Intervention; Homeless People; Low Income; Females; Risk; Life Style; Health Behavior; Ethnography; At Risk Persons; Neighborhoods; Family Environment; Comparative Analysis; Heads of Households; Interpersonal Relationship; Prevention; Georgia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Afroamerikaner; Feminismus; Homeless person; Homeless persons; Obdachloser; Niedriglohn; Weibliches Geschlecht; Risiko; Lebensstil; Health behaviour; Gesundheitsverhalten; Ethnografie; Risikogruppe; Neighbourhoods; Nachbarschaft; Familienmilieu; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Prävention; Vorbeugung
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to examine how various living conditions impact the context within which low-income African American women engage in a diverse range of high-risk behavior that increases their risk for HIV infection. The study, based on 2 years of ethnographic fieldwork, analyzed the living conditions of 45 African American women at risk for HIV infection in a high-risk neighborhood in Atlanta, Georgia. A black feminist perspective guided the study's analytical framework as a way to extend knowledge about the social conditions, the social interactions, and the meaning of high-risk behavior in the lives of African American women. Using black feminist theory and the constant comparison method, two groups emerged: "street" women and "house" women. Street women were defined as the absolute homeless, the rooming housed, and the hustling homeless. House women were defined as the family housed, the heads of household, and the steady-partner housed. Results reveal that various types of living arrangements place women at risk in different ways and suggest that low-income African American women at high risk for HIV--a group often considered homogeneous--have unique "within group" needs that must be addressed in HIV prevention intervention research. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10