Gender, culture and changing attitudes: Experiences of HIV in Zimbabwe

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 583-597

  O'Brien, Stephen ^a   Broom, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

AIDS; blame; gender; HIV; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISPLACEMENT BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCAPEGOATING; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ALIENATION; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84879133882     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2013.776111     Document Type: Article

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