The impact of Community Mobilisation on HIV Prevention in Middle and Low Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Critique

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2110-2134

  Cornish, Flora ^a   Priego Hernandez, Jacqueline ^a   Campbell, Catherine ^a   Mburu, Gitau ^b,c   McLean, Susie ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^b International HIV AIDS Alliance   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community mobilisation; Community participation; HIV prevention; HIV AIDS; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CONSUMER PARTICIPATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 84919446652     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0748-5     Document Type: Review

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