Housing, medical, and food deprivation in poor urban contexts: Implications for multiple sexual partnerships and transactional sex in Nairobi's slums

Health and Place

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 400-407

  Greif, Meredith J ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economic deprivation; Housing; Risky sexual behavior; Sub Saharan Africa; Urban slums

Indexed keywords

EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE; HOUSING; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CHILD; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; FOOD DEPRIVATION; HEALTH CARE; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; MEDICAL CARE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN AREA;

KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA]; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84856569240     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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