The Intersection of HIV Infection with HIV/AIDS Beliefs among African Americans

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dc.contributor.advisorFassinger, Ruth E.en_US
dc.contributor.authorWalton, Heather M.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentPsychologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2007-09-28T14:59:56Z
dc.date.available2007-09-28T14:59:56Z
dc.date.issued2007-08-02en_US
dc.description.abstractThis dissertation describes a qualitative study of 15 African American, HIV-positive individuals who were clients in a day treatment program at an HIV clinic in the Washington, DC, area. Data were collected through semistructured interviews; grounded theory methodology was used to generate a theory of how the participants gave meaning to HIV. The theoretical model included Personal Context, Support and Education, Socio-cultural Meaning, and Personal Meaning, all of which related to the formation of a global meaning regarding HIV. The emergent theoretical model and its components are presented, and the implications of the study for research, practice, and advocacy are discussed.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/7280
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledPsychology, Generalen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledSociology, Generalen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledHIVen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAIDSen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAfrican Americansen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcopingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledmeaning makingen_US
dc.titleThe Intersection of HIV Infection with HIV/AIDS Beliefs among African Americansen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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