HIV/AIDS/STI/TB knowledge, beliefs and practices of traditional healers in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 608-613

  Peltzer, K ^a,b   Mngqundaniso, N ^b   Petros, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^b HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RELIGION; SCAR FORMATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TUBERCULOSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 33745891499     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120500294206     Document Type: Article

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