Jobs, food, taxis and journals: Complexities of implementing stepping stones and creating futures in urban informal settlements in South Africa

African Journal of AIDS Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 161-167

  Gibbs, Andrew ^a   Jewkes, Rachel ^b   Mbatha, Nompumelelo ^c   Washington, Laura ^c   Willan, Samantha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c Project Empower   (South Africa)

Author keywords

gender; implementation science; IPV; structural intervention; urban; youth

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FOOD; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SOUTH AFRICA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA; WORK; ADULT; CATERING SERVICE; EMPLOYMENT; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; URBAN POPULATION; ARTICLE; BOOK; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LEARNING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTTIME EMPLOYMENT; POVERTY; SAFETY; SCALE UP; STEPPING STONE AND CREATING FUTURE; TEMPORARY EMPLOYMENT; THEORY; THEORY OF CHANGE; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; SPOUSE ABUSE; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH; TRANSPORTATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84904669746     PISSN: 16085906     EISSN: 17279445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/16085906.2014.927777     Document Type: Conference Paper

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