On socio-cultural factors and barriers to HIV prevention for Malawi women [1]

Women and Health

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 123-125

  Muula, Adamson S ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^b IL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AIDS RELATED COMPLEX; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; LETTER; LIFESTYLE; MALAWI; PERSONAL AUTONOMY; SCALE UP; SEXISM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALAWI; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33745699374     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J013v42n04_07     Document Type: Letter

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