Inclusion of AIDS educational messages in rites of passage ceremonies: Reaching young people in tribal communities

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 303-315

  Groce, Nora ^a   Mawar, Nita ^b   Macnamara, Marina ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL AIDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Coming of age; HIV AIDS; Rite of passage; Tribal societies

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CEREMONY; COMMUNITY CARE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MARRIAGE; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL MATURITY; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CEREMONIAL BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 33746386937     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050600772810     Document Type: Review

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