'Men value their dignity': Securing respect and identity construction in urban informal settlements in South Africa

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Gibbs, Andrew ^a   Sikweyiya, Yandisa ^b   Jewkes, Rachel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Gender; HIV; IPV; Livelihoods; Masculinity; Multiple sexual partners; Unemployment; Violence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; IPV; LIVELIHOODS; MALE; MASCULINITY; MULTIPLE SEXUAL PARTNERS; PERSONHOOD; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

GENDER; HIV; IPV; LIVELIHOODS; MASCULINITY; MULTIPLE SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNEMPLOYMENT; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASCULINITY; PERSONHOOD; POVERTY AREAS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904402751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.23676     Document Type: Article

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