Targeting HIV interventions for adolescent girls and young women in Southern Africa: Use of the place methodology in hwange district, Zimbabwe

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 200-208

  Singh, Kavita ^a   Sambisa, William ^a   Munyati, Shungu ^b   Chandiwana, Brian ^b   Chingono, Alfred ^c   Monash, Roeland ^d   Weir, Sharon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^d UNICEF   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; HIV; Sexual behavior; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CONDOMS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 77949312094     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-009-9572-8     Document Type: Article

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