Community-based conservation reduces sexual risk factors for HIV among men

Globalization and Health

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Naidoo, Robin ^a,b   Johnson, Kiersten ^c  

^a Conservation Science Program WWF US ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c ICF INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodiversity conservation; Community based natural resource management; Environment and public health; HIV; Primary prevention

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; BIODIVERSITY; COMMUNITY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MEN'S HEALTH; NAMIBIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS;

NAMIBIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMIBIA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84880001550     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17448603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-8603-9-27     Document Type: Article

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