Religion, HIV/AIDS and sexual risk-taking among men in Ghana

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 531-547

  Gyimah, Stephen Obeng ^a,b   Tenkorang, Eric Y ^c   Takyi, Baffour K ^d   Adjei, Jones ^a   Fosu, Gabriel ^e  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; GHANA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MARRIAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RELIGION; UNSAFE SEX;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHRISTIANITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MARRIAGE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RELIGION AND SEX; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 77957236352     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932010000027     Document Type: Article

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