Widow cleansing and inheritance among the Luo in Kenya: The need for additional women-centred HIV prevention options

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 17, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Perry, Brian ^a   Oluoch, Lennah ^b   Agot, Kawango ^b   Taylor, Jamilah ^a   Onyango, Jacob ^b   Ouma, Lilian ^b   Otieno, Caroline ^b   Wong, Christina ^a   Corneli, Amy ^a  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b IMPACT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Condom; FEM PrEP; HIV prevention; Kenya; Luo; Widow cleansing; Widow inheritance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDOM USE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTOR; RITUAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; WIDOW; WIDOW CLEANSING; WIIDOW INHERITANCE;

CONDOM; FEM-PREP; HIV PREVENTION; KENYA; LUO; WIDOW CLEANSING; WIDOW INHERITANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WIDOWHOOD; WOMEN'S HEALTH SERVICES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904861407     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.17.1.19010     Document Type: Article

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