HIV Prevention in the Hispanic Community: Sex, Culture and Empowerment.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Marin, Barbara VanOss
- Source
- Journal of Transcultural Nursing. Jul2003, Vol. 14 Issue 3, p186. 7p.
- Subject
- *HIV infections
*HISPANIC Americans
*MEDICAL care
*HOMOPHOBIA
*HUMAN sexuality
- Language
- ISSN
- 1043-6596
Examines evidence for the impact of marginalization and cultural factors on HIV risk and cycle of disempowerment in the Hispanic community in the U.S. Means racism and discrimination affect health care; Differences in the emotional states of men during risky and protected sexual encounters; Role of societal homophobia in creating the disconnections between people and their sexual desires.