Exploring perceptions of HIV risk and health service access among Zimbabwean migrant women in Johannesburg: A gap in health policy in South Africa

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 32, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages

  Munyewende, Pascalia ^a   Rispel, Laetitia C ^a   Harris, Bronwyn ^a   Chersich, Matthew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

health service access; health seeking; HIV knowledge; migrants; South Africa; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MIGRATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 79960130726     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jphp.2011.36     Document Type: Review

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