Social construction and cultural meanings of STI/HIV-related terminology among Nguni-speaking inmates and warders in four South African correctional facilities

Health Education Research

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 805-814

  Sifunda, Sibusiso ^a   Reddy, Priscilla S ^a   Braithwaite, Ronald B ^b   Stephens, Torrence ^b   Bhengu, Sibusisiwe ^c   Ruiter, Robert A C ^d   Van Den Borne, Bart ^d  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Poyntons Building ^*  (South Africa)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDYLOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; GONORRHEA; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PEDICULOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; PRISONERS; PRISONS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 36448996180     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyl105     Document Type: Article

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