"They should know where they stand": Attitudes to HIV Voluntary Counselling and Testing amongst a group of out-of-school youth

South African Journal of Education

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 327-342

  Francis, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Out of school youth; South Africa; VCT

Indexed keywords

EID: 78549244826     PISSN: 02560100     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15700/saje.v30n3a358     Document Type: Article

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