Rural perspectives on HIV/AIDS prevention: A comparative study of Thailand and Ghana

Health Policy

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 25-40

  Aheto, Denis Worlanyo ^a   Gbesemete, Kwame Prosper ^b  

^a Eco Ethics Intl Union Ghana R   (Ghana)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Condom use; Ghana; HIV AIDS; Policy approach; Poverty; Rural communities; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDOM; GHANA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; PATIENT COUNSELING; POVERTY; REVIEW; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; THAILAND; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

EID: 14844288929     PISSN: 01688510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2004.06.013     Document Type: Article

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