A multi-level analysis of risk perception, poverty and sexual risk-taking among young people in Cape Town, South Africa

Health and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 525-535

  Tenkorang, Eric Y ^a   Maticka Tyndale, Eleanor ^b   Rajulton, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Multi level models; Poverty; Risk perception; Sexual risk taking; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; POVERTY; RISK PERCEPTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG POPULATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONDOM; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE;

CAPE TOWN; SOUTH AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 79952483820     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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