HIV risk environment for Ghanaian women: Challenges to prevention

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 325-337

  Mill, Judy E ^a   Anarfi, John K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Ghana; HIV; Risk environment; Women

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RISK FACTOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLOTHING; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FOOD; GENDER; GHANA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTERVIEW; POVERTY; PROSTITUTION; SURVIVAL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; VOCATION;

ANECDOTES; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GHANA; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; POVERTY; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS;

GHANA;

EID: 0036136464     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(01)00031-4     Document Type: Article

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