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HIV-risk factors for midlife and older women
Author(s)	Marcia M Neundorfer, Phyllis Braudy Harris, Paula J Britton
Journal title	The Gerontologist, vol 45, no 5, October 2005
Pages	pp 617-625
Source	http://www.geron.org
Keywords	AIDS ; Older women ; Middle aged ; At risk ; Qualitative Studies ; United States of America.
Annotation	The number of women aged 45+ infected with HIV in the US continues to increase. In this qualitative study, 24 HIV-positive women aged 45-71 in Ohio were interviewed regarding their exposure to HIV. From their narratives, five individual factors or themes were identified that put women at risk for HIV: drug and alcohol abuse; not knowing the HIV-risk histories of male sexual partners; mental health issues, including physical or sexual abuse and life crises; taking risk for the sake of relationships; and lack of HIV prevention information. These individual and sociocultural factors related to gender, age, and race and ethnicity were organised into a model of HIV risk factors for women aged 45+. This model identifies themes to be addressed in HIV prevention policy, practice and research in order to reduce the number of new cases of HIV infection in women of this age group. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-070904208 A
Classmark	CQTT: BD: SE: CA3: 3DP: 7T
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