'Talk what others think you can't talk': HIV/AIDS clubs as peer education in Ugandan schools

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Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 479-492

  Norton, Bonny ^a   Mutonyi, Harriet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drama; Gender; HIV AIDS; Peer education; Popular culture; School clubs; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548304964     PISSN: 03057925     EISSN: 14693623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03057920701366218     Document Type: Article

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