A pre-intervention survey to determine understanding of HIV and AIDS in farm worker communities in Zimbabwe

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 94-110

  Laver, Susan M L ^a   Van Den Borne, Bart ^b   Kok, Gerjo ^b   Woelk, Godfrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CONDOM; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RURAL POPULATION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; ZIMBABWE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS--MEN; AGRICULTURAL WORKERS--WOMEN; BEHAVIOR; BELIEFS; CULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS--WOMEN; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; HIV INFECTIONS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; HUMAN RESOURCES; INFECTIONS; KNOWLEDGE; LABOR FORCE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK BEHAVIOR; SELF-PERCEPTION--WOMEN; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; VIRAL DISEASES; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGRICULTURE; CONDOMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0030990902     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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