Rumor, gossip and blame: Implications for HIV/AIDS prevention in the South African lowveld

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 357-368

  Stadler, Jonathan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MORALITY; PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DECEPTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; SCAPEGOATING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0141596273     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.15.5.357.23823     Document Type: Article

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