Exploring the role of cognitive and structural forms of social capital in HIV/AIDS trends in the Kagera region of Tanzania - A grounded theory study

African Journal of AIDS Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-13

  Frumence, Gasto ^a,b   Eriksson, Malin ^b   Nystrom, Lennarth ^b   Killewo, Japhet ^a   Emmelin, Maria ^b,c  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Africa; Behaviour change; Community empowerment; Health behaviour; HIV AIDS; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DATA ANALYSIS; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; GROUNDED THEORY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGANIZATION; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; TANZANIA; THEORETICAL MODEL; TREND STUDY;

EID: 84860401163     PISSN: 16085906     EISSN: 17279445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/16085906.2011.575543     Document Type: Article

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