Changing patterns of knowledge, reported behaviour and sexually transmitted infections in a South African gold mining community

AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 2099-2107

  Williams, Brian G ^h   Taljaard, Dirk ^a   Campbell, Catherine M ^b   Gouws, Eleanor ^h   Ndhlovu, Lewis ^c   Van Dam, Johannes ^d   Caraël, Michel ^e   Auvert, Bertran ^f,g  

^a Progressus   (South Africa)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c POPULATION COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^e UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

^f LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^g INSERM   (France)

^h NONE

Author keywords

Condoms; HIV; Peer education; Prevention; Sexual behaviour; Sexually transmitted infections; South Africa

Indexed keywords

GOLD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMMUNITY; CONDOM; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RECORDING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; SYPHILIS; WORKER;

ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GOLD; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MINING; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0142030013     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200309260-00011     Document Type: Article

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