Sexualised space, sexual networking & the emergence of AIDS in Rakai, Uganda

Health and Place

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 226-235

  Kuhanen, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

History; HIV AIDS; Rakai; Sexual networking; Sexualised space; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE SPREAD; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO CHANGE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIC; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; POLITICAL SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL NETWORK; UGANDA; URBANIZATION;

CENTRAL PROVINCE [UGANDA]; RAKAI; UGANDA;

EID: 73049105882     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2009.10.001     Document Type: Article

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