Migrancy, masculine identities and AIDS: The psychosocial context of HIV transmission on the South African gold mines

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 273-281

  Campbell, Catherine ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HIV transmission; Masculinity; Migrancy; Sexuality; Social identity theory; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IDENTITY; MALE; MASCULINITY; MIGRANT WORKER; MINING; NORMAL HUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

GENDER IDENTITY; GOLD; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 0030918727     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(96)00343-7     Document Type: Article

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