Foundations for effective strategies to control sexually transmitted infections: Voices from rural Kenya

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 95-113

  Moss, William ^a,d   Bentley, M ^a   Maman, S ^a   Ayuko, D ^b   Egessah, O ^b   Sweat, M ^a   Nyarang'o, P ^e   Zenilman, J ^c   Chemtai, A ^b   Halsey, N ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COST; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; KENYA; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVACY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BEHAVIOR; BELIEFS; CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; HEALTH; INFECTIONS; KENYA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; TREATMENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0032897979     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540129948234     Document Type: Article

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