There is no love here anyway. Sexuality, identity and HIV prevention in an African sub-culture in Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Sexual Health

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 129-134

  Heus, Lineke ^a  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

focus groups; immigration; inter cultural communication; safe sex messages; sexual health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; MALE; NETHERLANDS; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AFRICA; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CONCEPT; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954003458     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH09075     Document Type: Article

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