Is social capital associated with HIV risk in rural South Africa?

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1999-2010

  Pronyk, Paul M ^a,b   Harpham, Trudy ^c   Morison, Linda A ^a   Hargreaves, James R ^a   Kim, Julia C ^a,b   Phetla, Godfrey ^b   Watts, Charlotte H ^a   Porter, John D ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HIV; Intervention study; Men; Prevention; Social capital; South Africa; Woman

Indexed keywords

CONDOM USE; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 41249089965     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2008.01.023     Document Type: Article

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