Local perceptions of the forms, timing and causes of behavior change in response to the AIDS epidemic in Zimbabwe

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 487-498

  Muchini, Backson ^a   Benedikt, Clemens ^b   Gregson, Simon ^c,d   Gomo, Exnevia ^d   Mate, Rekopantswe ^e   Mugurungi, Owen ^f   Magure, Tapuwa ^g   Campbell, Bruce ^b   Dehne, Karl ^h   Halperin, Daniel ^a  

^a United Nations Population Fund ^*

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND CHILD CARE   (Zimbabwe)

^f National AIDS Council   (Zimbabwe)

^g Zimbabwe Country Office   (Zimbabwe)

^h HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior change; HIV decline; Prevention programs; Program mapping; Qualitative research; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; ZIMBABWE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CULTURE; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 79951678088     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-010-9783-z     Document Type: Article

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