Preventing HIV by providing support for orphan girls to stay in school: Does religion matter?

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-65

  Hallfors, Denise D ^a   Cho, Hyunsan ^a   Iritani, Bonita J ^a   Mapfumo, John ^b   Mpofu, Elias ^c   Luseno, Winnie K ^a   January, James ^d  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^b AFRICA UNIVERSITY   (Zimbabwe)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Adolescent orphan health; Religion; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; DATA SET; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; ORPHAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; RELIGION; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MARRIAGE; ORPHANED CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RELIGION; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD, ORPHANED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RELIGION AND SEX; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STUDENT DROPOUTS; TRAINING SUPPORT; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84876124559     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557858.2012.694068     Document Type: Article

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