Making sense of condoms: Social representations in young people's HIV-related narratives from six African countries

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 72, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 953-961

  Winskell, Kate ^a   Obyerodhyambo, Oby ^b   Stephenson, Rob ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

And Senegal; Burkina Faso; Condoms; HIV; Kenya; Namibia; Narratives; Social representations; South East Nigeria; Swaziland; Youth

Indexed keywords

CONDOM USE; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; YOUNG POPULATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BURKINA FASO; CHILD; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONDOM; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; HUMOR; INFECTION CONTROL; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KENYA; MALE; NAMIBIA; NARRATIVE; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SENEGAL; SWAZILAND;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; YOUNG ADULT;

BURKINA FASO; KENYA; NAMIBIA; NIGERIA; SENEGAL; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; SWAZILAND;

EID: 79953068653     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.01.014     Document Type: Article

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