"This is the medicine:" A Kenyan community responds to a sexual concurrency reduction intervention

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 108, Issue , 2014, Pages 175-184

  Knopf, Amelia ^a   Agot, Kawango ^b   Sidle, John ^a   Naanyu, Violet ^c   Morris, Martina ^d  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMPACT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION   (Kenya)

^c MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral intervention; Concurrent sexual partnerships; Educational intervention; HIV prevention; HIV AIDS; Kenya; Nyanza Province; Social network analysis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE INCIDENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; RURAL AREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; KENYA; MALE; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIAL NETWORK; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

KENYA; NYANZA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898678269     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.01.039     Document Type: Article

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