An assessment of community readiness for HIV/AIDS preventive interventions in rural Bangladesh

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 360-367

  Aboud, Frances ^a,b   Huq, Nafisa Lira ^b   Larson, Charles P ^b,c   Ottisova, Livia ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Community readiness; HIV prevention; Intervention; Stage theory; Youth

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CONDOM USE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE SPREAD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRATEGIC APPROACH; VULNERABILITY; YOUNG POPULATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; AUDIO RECORDING; BANGLADESH; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; POPULATION RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADOLESCENT; BANGLADESH; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; RELIGION; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 73149116398     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.10.011     Document Type: Article

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