Journal of Women's Health Care
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Finocchario-Kessler S

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• Research Article
  “I‘m Just like everyone else, I Just Happen to be HIV Positive” Challenges Faced by Young Urban Black Women as they Strive to Achieve Normative Life Goals
  Author(s): Mabachi MN, Dariotis JK, Goggin K, Anderson J and Finocchario-Kessler S Mabachi MN, Dariotis JK, Goggin K, Anderson J and Finocchario-Kessler S
  
  Younger, low-income, black women are disproportionately affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U.S. Using thematic analysis of 20 semi-structured interviews with young women receiving HIV care in an urban east coast setting, this study provides insights on how living with HIV influences these women’s future aspirations including economic independence, intimate relationships, and family formation in the context of their socio-cultural and economic environment. One major emergent theme expressed by participants was the desire to be considered normal while seeking to meet the developmental benchmarks of emerging adulthood. Gaining economic independence through education and career opportunities was important, as was feeling accepted and loved by a partner. One prominent example is navigating status disclosure to others, especially potential partners. Most women hoped to establish.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-0420.1000145

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