Transitions to adulthood: Examining the influence of initiation rites on the HIV risk of adolescent girls in Mangochi and Thyolo districts of Malawi

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 296-301

  Skinner, Joanna ^a   Underwood, Carol ^a   Schwandt, Hilary ^a   Magombo, Assana ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; girls; HIV AIDS; initiation; Malawi

Indexed keywords

ACTING OUT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ANALYTICAL RESEARCH; ARTICLE; CEREMONY; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLEANING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DRAWING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; LANDSCAPE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

EID: 84874269899     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2012.701721     Document Type: Article

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