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This chapter describes the study from which these data were taken. The study was designed to estimate HIV incidence among women living in neighborhoods characterized by high levels of poverty and high prevalence of HIV infection. Anticipating that the incidence might be high, we wished to contextualize our findings by describing the lives of these women living in poverty. The chapter gives some background information on poverty and HIV in women, and then describes the study design, eligibility criteria, procedures, and results.
The chapters in this book are all taken from the qualitative substudy conducted in four sites: Atlanta, Georgia; Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina; Washington, D.C.; and the Bronx in New York City, New York. We asked participants about a variety of topics known to accompany poverty. These topics became chapters, with many direct quotes from the participants.
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Hodder, S., Spiegel, H., Soto-Torres, L., Haley, D.F. (2017). Chapter 1 Women and Poverty in the USA. In: O'Leary, A., Frew, P. (eds) Poverty in the United States. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43833-7_1
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