Masculinity, social context and HIV testing: An ethnographic study of men in Busia district, rural eastern Uganda

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Siu, Godfrey E ^a,b,d   Wight, Daniel ^d   Seeley, Janet A ^a,c,e  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALE; MASCULINITY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPOUSE; UGANDA;

ADULT; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; FRIENDS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASCULINITY; MASS SCREENING; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SPOUSES; UGANDA;

EID: 84892385257     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-33     Document Type: Article

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