Youth participation in the fight against AIDS in South Africa: From policy to practice

Journal of Youth Studies

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-109

  Campbell, Catherine ^a,b   Gibbs, Andy ^a   Maimane, Sbongile ^a   Nair, Yugi ^a   Sibiya, Zweni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competence; Gender; Health; HIV AIDS; Participation; Rural youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449252980     PISSN: 13676261     EISSN: 14699680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13676260802345757     Document Type: Article

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