Culture and Context of HIV Prevention in Rural Zimbabwe: The Influence of Gender Inequality

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 23-31

  Duffy, Lynne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

ecological approach; empowerment; gender; health promotion; HIV AIDS; social justice; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; SEX ROLE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIALIZATION; VIOLENCE; WORKER; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; NARRATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIALIZATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSCULTURAL NURSING; WOMEN; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 12344283641     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659604270962     Document Type: Article

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