Associations of poverty, substance use, and HIV transmission risk behaviors in three South African communities

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1641-1649

  Kalichman, Seth C ^a   Simbayi, Leickness C ^b   Kagee, Ashraf ^c   Toefy, Yoesrie ^b   Jooste, Sean ^b   Cain, Demetria ^a   Cherry, Chauncey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Poverty; Risk behavior; South Africa

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; POVERTY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AFRICA; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CRIME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POVERTY; PROPHYLAXIS; RACE; RACISM; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 32644449246     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.08.021     Document Type: Article

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