"AIDS is rape!" gender and sexuality in children's responses to HIV and AIDS

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 596-603

  Bhana, Deevia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gender; HIV AIDS; Sexual violence; Sexuality; South Africa; Young children

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILD HEALTH; GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; RAPE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMBOLISM; VIOLENCE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEAR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; POVERTY; RAPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOUTH AFRICA; VIOLENCE;

AFRICA; KWAZULU-NATAL; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 67849092777     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.06.010     Document Type: Article

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