Gender differences in HIV knowledge and unsafe sexual behaviours among disabled people in South Africa

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 605-610

  Rohleder, Poul ^a,b   Eide, Arne H ^c   Swartz, Leslie ^b   Ranchod, Chitra ^d   Schneider, Margie ^b   Schür, Clare ^e  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c SINTEF TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY   (Norway)

^d MIET Africa   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Condom use; Disabled people; HIV knowledge; HIV AIDS; South Africa; Unsafe sex

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; DISABLED PERSON; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CONDOMS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856881295     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2011.599915     Document Type: Article

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