Age-disparate and intergenerational sex in southern Africa: The dynamics of hypervulnerability

AIDS

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2008, Pages

  Leclerc Madlala, Suzanne ^a,b  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Concurrent partnerships; HIV prevention; Intergenerational sex; Southern Africa; Transactional sex

Indexed keywords

AGE DISPARITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; AWARENESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIC; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIP; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 58149131254     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000341774.86500.53     Document Type: Review

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