More than just talk: The framing of transactional sex and its implications for vulnerability to HIV in Lesotho, Madagascar and South Africa

Globalization and Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Stoebenau, Kirsten ^a   Nixon, Stephanie A ^b,d   Rubincam, Clara ^c,d   Willan, Samantha ^d   Zembe, Yanga Z N ^e   Tsikoane, Tumelo ^f   Tanga, Pius T ^g   Bello, Haruna M ^h   Caceres, Carlos F ⁱ   Townsend, Loraine ^e   Rakotoarison, Paul G ^j,k   Razafintsalama, Violette ^k  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^f NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LESOTHO   (Lesotho)

^g UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^h WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^j UNIVERSITY OF ANTANANARIVO   (Madagascar)

^k Malagasy Socio Consulting and Communication   (Madagascar)

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Author keywords

Discourse; Globalization; Hiv risk; Hiv vulnerability; Lesotho; Madagascar; Qualitative research; South africa; Transactional sex

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; GLOBALIZATION; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; VULNERABILITY;

ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LESOTHO; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE AGENCY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; TEXTILE WORKER; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

LESOTHO; MADAGASCAR; SOUTH AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 80053346271     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-7-34     Document Type: Article

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