A tale of two "Cultures": HIV risk narratives in south africa

Medical Anthropology: Cross Cultural Studies in Health and Illness

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 268-284

  Saethre, Eirik ^a   Stadler, Jonathan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Culture; HIV AIDS; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EPIDEMIC; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CONDOMS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NARRATION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77951682437     PISSN: 01459740     EISSN: 15455882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01459740903073414     Document Type: Article

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