Evaluation of a Faith-Based Culturally Relevant Program for African American Substance Users at Risk for HIV in the Southern United States
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http://rsw.sagepub.com/content/17/2/229 The online version of this article can be found at: DOI: 10.1177/1049731506296826 2007 17: 229 Research on Social Work Practice Sanders II Samuel A. MacMaster, Jenny L. Jones, Randolph F. R. Rasch, Sharon L. Crawford, Stephanie Thompson and Edwin C. HIV in the Southern United States Evaluation of a Faith-Based Culturally Relevant Program for African American Substance Users at Risk for
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