Black Women's Risk for HIV

An inside look at the devastating impact of the HIV/AIDS epidemic on poor African American women Black Women's Risk for HIV: Rough Living is a valuable look into the structural and behavioral factors in high-risk environmentsspecifically inner-city neighborhoods like the Rough in Atlantathat

Foreword (Kirk W. Elifson and Claire E. Sterk) Preface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Introduction: This Is the Rough! The rough As a High-Risk Environment Facing My Own rough Reality Background of the Health Intervention Project Ethnographic Research Methods Theoretical Framework Research Objectives Chapter 2. Living in the Rough Street Women House Women Principles to Guide HIV Prevention Initiatives Based on Women's Living arrangements Chapter 3. Rough Family Relations Growing Up Decent Growing Up Street Making Sense of Decent and Street Upbringing Accounts of Interactions with Families of Orientation Deceiving Family Members Engaging in Frequent Interaction with Family Principles to Guide Family-Focused HIV Prevention Initiatives Chapter 4. Intimate Relationships in the Rough Overview of the Five Stages of Intimate Partner Relationships The Courtship Stage The Commitment Stage The Conflict Stage The Compromise Stage The Conclusion Stage Principles to Guide a Couples-Centered HIV Prevention Initiative Chapter 5. Mothering in the Rough Maintaining Custody on the Margin Giving Up Temporary Custody to Kin Disclosing Drug Use to Authorities Grandmothering As a Hopeful Experience Hopeless Mothers Themes Cycling Between Hopeless and Hopeful Mothering Principles to Guide Addressing Issues Related to Motherhood As HIV Prevention Initiatives Chapter 6. When Work and Welfare Disappear in the Rough Hustling Knowledge Renting Space Shoplifting Odd-Job Hustlers Principles to Guide Economic-Focused HIV Prevention Initiatives Chapter 7. Religiosity in the Rough The Churched The Unchurched A Theoretical Framework for Understanding Potential Roles for Inner-City Churches in HIV Prevention Principles to Guide Faith-Based HIV Prevention Initiatives Chapter 8. Reducing Risk in the Rough Leaving the rough for Drug Treatment Practicing Safer Sex Making Other Changes Making No Changes in Behavior Chapter 9. Black Feminist Theory As Behavior Change Theory and Practice Rethinking the HIP Intervention An HIV Prevention Model for Black Women Guided by Black Feminism References Index

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