'If you start thinking positively, you won't miss sex': Narratives of sexual (in)activity among people living with HIV in Nairobi's informal settlements

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 767-782

  Undie, Chi Chi ^a   Ziraba, Abdhalah Kasiira ^a   Madise, Nyovani ^b   Kebaso, John ^a   Kimani Murage, Elizabeth ^a,c  

^a University of Southampton ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

ABC; Kenya; People living with HIV; Sexuality; Urban poverty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MALE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THINKING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; NARRATION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THINKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74949106748     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050903105031     Document Type: Article

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