Abstract

By attending this session, the participant will gain an understanding of the concept of "controlled safer sex" based on the perceptions of African American women. Findings from this study will be used to develop an app that will allow women to take control of their sexual health.

Author Details

Judith Bacchus Cornelius, PhD, RN; Willie M. Abel, PhD -- School of Nursing, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA; Vanessa Drew-Branch, EdD, School of Social Work, Elon University, Elon, North Carolina, USA

Sigma Membership

Gamma Iota

Lead Author Affiliation

The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA

Type

Poster

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

African American Women, Controlled Safer Sex, STD/HIV

Conference Name

30th International Nursing Research Congress

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Conference Year

2019

Rights Holder

All rights reserved by the author(s) and/or publisher(s) listed in this item record unless relinquished in whole or part by a rights notation or a Creative Commons License present in this item record.

All permission requests should be directed accordingly and not to the Sigma Repository.

All submitting authors or publishers have affirmed that when using material in their work where they do not own copyright, they have obtained permission of the copyright holder prior to submission and the rights holder has been acknowledged as necessary.

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Additional Files

download (2134 kB)

Share

COinS
 

Taking control with safer sex: Perceptions of African American women

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

By attending this session, the participant will gain an understanding of the concept of "controlled safer sex" based on the perceptions of African American women. Findings from this study will be used to develop an app that will allow women to take control of their sexual health.