Local gin (akpeteshie) and HIV/AIDS in the Upper West Region of Ghana: The need for preventive health policy

Health and Place

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 806-816

  Luginaah, Isaac ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Akpeteshie; Ghana; HIV AIDS; Local gin; Upper West Region

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ALCOHOL; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SPREAD; DRINKING; EMPOWERMENT; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GHANA; GIN; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIOLENCE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; INFORMATION PROCESSING;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GHANA; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 45549103943     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2007.12.007     Document Type: Article

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