HIV risk reduction strategies for low-income African American women.
Intervention strategies from the Health Education Reaching Out into the Community project that can be used in the clinical setting to assist low-income African American women adopt sexual behavior that is low risk for human immunodeficiency virus are discussed. These strategies include allocation of adequate time, the nurse practitioner's acceptance of the client, the use of adult learning principles, and active client participation through discussion, return demonstration, role play, and promotion of the client's ownership of the information learned.
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Public Health, Mental Health, and Administrative Nursing Department, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 South Damen, Office 1060, M/C 802, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. Bdancy@uic.edu
D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D015658:HIV Infections / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012309:Risk-Taking