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Shattering the myth of invulnerability: exploring the prevention needs of sexual minority women living with HIV/AIDS. |
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Journal of Gay and Lesbian Social Services, 23(1), January-March 2011, pp.69-88. |
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1053-8720 |
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1540-4056 |
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Helping women living with HIV/AIDS to engage in safe sexual behaviours is a national HIV prevention priority. Existing programmes focus predominantly on heterosexual women's experiences and ignore the needs of sexual minority women. This study aimed to better understand the sexual risk behaviours and corresponding HIV prevention priorities and programme needs of sexual minority women living with HIV/AIDS. In-depth interviews were conducted with 16 sexual minority women who were a subset of participants of the ‘Protect and Respect Program for Women Living with HIV/AIDS’. Most of the interviewees were African American (75%) and poor (75%). Grounded theory was used to code the interviews for key themes, which included the following: differences between relationships, risk, and protective behaviours in male and female relationships; links between substance abuse and unsafe sex; need for safer-sex or prevention programmes to address sexual minority women-specific skills and topics; and the importance of addressing women's resiliency and the social context of women's risk in prevention programmes. Suggestions to make safer-sex programmes more responsive to the needs of sexual minority women are provided. |
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bisexual people; HIV AIDS; lesbians; prevention; sexual behaviour; women; |
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www.scie-socialcareonline.org.uk/profile.asp?guid=367788e4-fe3e-4f15-9f2d-25cf810e2d05 |
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