Social and cultural contexts of concurrency in a township in Cape Town, South Africa

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 135-147

  Mah, Timothy L ^a   Maughan Brown, Brendan ^b  

^a United States Agency for International Development   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

concurrency; concurrent partnerships; HIV prevention; HIV AIDS; sexual partnerships; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; URBAN POPULATION;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872414435     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2012.745951     Document Type: Article

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