The impact of social capital on HIV-related actions as mediated by personal and proxy efficacies in Namibia

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 133-144

  Smith, Rachel A ^a   Rimal, Rajiv ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficacy; HIV prevention behaviors; Social capital

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; MONOGAMY; NAMIBIA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CAPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMIBIA; SELF EFFICACY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149090395     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-008-9476-z     Document Type: Article

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