Disco funerals: A risk situation for HIV infection among youth in Kisumu, Kenya

AIDS

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 505-509

  Njue, Carolyne ^a,d   Voeten, Helene A C M ^a   Remes, Pieter ^b,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d NONE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Coerced sex; Gang rape; HIV risk; Kenya; Transactional sex; Unsafe sex; Youth

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MALE; POSTHUMOUS CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DANCING; FEMALE; FUNERAL RITES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; RAPE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 62349134021     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32832605d0     Document Type: Article

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