Youth as research fieldworkers in a context of HIV/AIDS

African Journal of AIDS Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-230

  Francis, Dennis ^a   Hemson, Crispin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Critical pedagogy; Insider outsider research; Qualitative research; Research methodology; South Africa; Youth to youth research

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONFIDENTIALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH ETHICS;

EID: 67749120441     PISSN: 16085906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJAR.2009.8.2.10.862     Document Type: Article

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