Structural Barriers to HIV Prevention and Services: Perspectives of African American Women in Low-Income Communities.
Shelby RimmlerCarol GolinJames ColemanHayley WelgusSarah ShaughnessyLeah TaraskiewiczAlexandra F LightfootSchenita D RandolphLinda RigginsPublished in: Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education (2022)
African American women living in public housing are especially vulnerable to HIV infection due to intersectional discrimination based on racism, classism, gender power dynamics, and community conditions. Our findings confirm the need to develop HIV intervention programming addressing intersectional identities of those making up the communities they plan to address, and being informed by those living in the communities they plan to act on.
Keyphrases
- african american
- mental health
- healthcare
- antiretroviral therapy
- polycystic ovary syndrome
- randomized controlled trial
- hiv infected
- hiv positive
- pregnancy outcomes
- human immunodeficiency virus
- primary care
- hepatitis c virus
- cervical cancer screening
- hiv testing
- type diabetes
- emergency department
- skeletal muscle
- men who have sex with men
- insulin resistance
- health insurance
- affordable care act