Structural determinants of adolescent girls' vulnerability to HIV: Views from community members in Botswana, Malawi, and Mozambique

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 343-350

  Underwood, Carol ^a   Skinner, Joanna ^a   Osman, Nadia ^b   Schwandt, Hilary ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b World Food Programme   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Botswana; Community perspective; Gender; Girls' vulnerability; HIV AIDS; Malawi; Mozambique; Social ecological approach; Structural determinants of HIV

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ECOLOGICAL APPROACH; GENDER ISSUE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LITERATURE REVIEW; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; VULNERABILITY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LEGAL ASPECT; MALAWI; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN AREA; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BOTSWANA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MIDDLE AGED; MOZAMBIQUE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

BOTSWANA; MALAWI; MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 79960252768     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.05.044     Document Type: Article

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