Access point analysis on the state of health care services in South African prisons: A qualitative exploration of correctional health care workers' and inmates' perspectives in Kwazulu-Natal and Mpumalanga

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2301-2309

  Sifunda, Sibusiso ^a   Reddy, Priscilla S ^a   Braithwaite, Ron ^b   Stephens, Torrance ^b   Ruiter, Rob AC ^c   van den Borne, Bart ^c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health care workers; Health education; HIV AIDS prevention; Prisons; South Africa

Indexed keywords

HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH WORKER; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRISON; PRISONER; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; THEMATIC ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PRISONERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; MPUMALANGA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33748699418     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.06.010     Document Type: Article

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