"Half plate of rice to a male casual sexual partner, full plate belongs to the husband": Findings from a qualitative study on sexual behaviour in relation to HIV and AIDS in northern Tanzania

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mwanga, Joseph R ^a   Mshana, Gerry ^a   Kaatano, Godfrey ^a   Changalucha, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

AIDS; Sexual behaviour; Socio economic and cultural contexts; Structural drivers of HIV epidemic; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; TANZANIA; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; TANZANIA; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84455193322     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-957     Document Type: Article

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