A novel tool to assess community norms and attitudes to multiple and concurrent sexual partnering in rural Zimbabwe: Participatory attitudinal ranking

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 52-59

  Mavhu, Webster ^a   Langhaug, Lisa ^b   Pascoe, Sophie ^c   Dirawo, Jeffrey ^a   Hart, Graham ^b   Cowan, Frances ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

concurrency; HIV; participatory; women; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFERTILITY; MALE; PARTICIPATORY ATTITUDINAL RANKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIAL VALUES; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 78651363017     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2010.490257     Document Type: Article

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