Social capital and women's reduced vulnerability to HIV infection in rural Zimbabwe

Population and Development Review

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 333-359

  Gregson, Simon ^a,b   Mushati, Phyllis ^b   Grusin, Harry ^c   Nhamo, Mercy ^d   Schumacher, Christina ^a   Skovdal, Morten ^d   Nyamukapa, Constance ^a   Campbell, Catherine ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; RURAL AREA; RURAL SOCIETY; SOCIAL CAPITAL; WOMENS STATUS;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH; HISTORY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEGAL ASPECT; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ZIMBABWE;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY NETWORKS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HIV INFECTIONS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ZIMBABWE;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 79959508841     PISSN: 00987921     EISSN: 17284457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2011.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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