Community group participation: Can it help young women to avoid HIV? An exploratory study of social capital and school education in rural Zimbabwe

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2119-2132

  Gregson, Simon ^a,b   Terceira, Nicola ^c   Mushati, Phyllis ^b   Nyamukapa, Constance ^b   Campbell, Catherine ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Education; HIV AIDS; Local community group membership; Self efficacy; Social capital; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY CARE; COOPERATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIVIDUALITY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; LIFESTYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RISK; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; ZIMBABWE;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 1642504249     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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