Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research

Kelsey Ball

Publications

• Research Article
  Cultural Mistrust, Conspiracy Theories and Attitudes towards HIV Testing Among African Americans
  Author(s): Kelsey BallKelsey Ball
  
  Background: With respect to the HIV epidemic, research has shown that health behaviors are affected by a number of attitudinal factors such as cultural mistrust, medical mistrust and conspiracy beliefs. While it is clear that these variables have a deleterious effect on health behaviors, the literature fails to explore how these factors uniquely influence and predict an individual’s attitudes and overall willingness to receive HIV testing. Furthermore, cognitive factors such as the need for cognitive closure have received little attention with regard to HIV testing attitudes. Objective: The aim of this study was to determine inter-correlations between cultural mistrust, medical mistrust, HIV conspiracy theories and the need for cognitive closure and to explore the extent to which these variables predict attitudes towards HIV testing. Methods: This study consisted of 34 Black mal.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6113.1000602

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