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SUBMITTER: Brawner BM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4772147 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep-Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of obstetric, gynecologic, and neonatal nursing : JOGNN 20140819 5
Disproportionate HIV/AIDS rates among African American women have been examined extensively, primarily from an individual-centered focus. Beyond individual behaviors, factors such as the hyperincarceration of African American men and geographically concentrated disadvantage may better explain inequitable disease burden. In this article I propose a conceptual model of individual, social, and structural factors that influence HIV transmission among African American women. The model can be used to ...[more]