Given their knowledge of the behavioral issues related to
psychiatric illness, mental health care providers are in a unique position to help
prevent HIV among women with severe mental illness (SMI) We conducted in-depth
interviews with providers at two New York City community clinics. We identified
three major, interrelated themes pertaining to HIV prevention among women of color
with SMI. ... read moreInterventions that address the barriers that clinicians face in
discussing sex, sexuality, and HIV with patients and train providers in the
cultural considerations of cross-cultural mental health care are needed to help
prevent HIV among women of color with SMI.read less
Madina Agénor & Pamela Y. Collins (2013) Preventing HIV Among U.S. Women of Color With Severe Mental Illness: Perceptions of Mental Health Care Providers Working in Urban Community Clinics, Health Care for Women International, 34:3-4, 281-302, DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2012.755983.