Is 80% a passing grade? Meanings attached to condom use in an abstinence-plus HIV prevention programme in South Africa

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

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-220

  Nixon, Stephanie A ^a,b   Rubincam, Clara ^b,c   Casale, Marisa ^b   Flicker, Sarah ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

abstinence plus; condoms; HIV prevention; qualitative; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CONDOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PARENT; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; SOCIAL BELIEF; SOUTH AFRICA; STAFF; TEACHER;

ADOLESCENT; CONDOMS; FACULTY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251491045     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2010.498875     Document Type: Article

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