Concern and practice among men about HIV/AIDS in low socioeconomic income areas of Lilongwe, Malawi

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1116-1127

  Kalipeni, Ezekiel ^a   Ghosh, Jayati ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Perception of Risk, HIV AIDS, Malawi

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LOW INCOME POPULATION; RISK PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; CONDOM; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KNOWLEDGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALAWI; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; POLITICS; PROTECTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

CONDOMS; EXTRAMARITAL RELATIONS; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALAWI; MALE; POVERTY AREAS; RISK FACTORS; SAFE SEX; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; LILONGWE; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33846829750     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.10.013     Document Type: Article

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