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AIDS: Conceptual and methodological issues in researching sexual behaviour in sub-Saharan Africa

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This paper describes some of the conceptual and methodological issues encountered in the course of a study of mainly anthropological secondary source materials on sexual behaviour in sub-Saharan Africa. Its aim was to survey and review existing literature and other secondary sources available both outside and within Anglophone sub-Saharan Africa and to evaluate their usefulness to AIDS research and prevention. The review cautioned against the uncritical use of anthropological sources without due regard for their conceptual and methodological status. At the same time it demonstrated important ways in which anthropological insights can inform AIDS research [1].

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  • Standing, Hilary, 1992. "AIDS: Conceptual and methodological issues in researching sexual behaviour in sub-Saharan Africa," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 34(5), pages 475-483, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:34:y:1992:i:5:p:475-483
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    1. Jocelyn Elmes & Morten Skovdal & Kundai Nhongo & Helen Ward & Catherine Campbell & Timothy B Hallett & Constance Nyamukapa & Peter J White & Simon Gregson, 2017. "A reconfiguration of the sex trade: How social and structural changes in eastern Zimbabwe left women involved in sex work and transactional sex more vulnerable," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 12(2), pages 1-22, February.
    2. Taylor, Julie J., 2007. "Assisting or compromising intervention? The concept of 'culture' in biomedical and social research on HIV/AIDS," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 64(4), pages 965-975, February.
    3. Hunter, Mark, 2007. "The changing political economy of sex in South Africa: The significance of unemployment and inequalities to the scale of the AIDS pandemic," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 64(3), pages 689-700, February.
    4. Stoebenau, Kirsten & Heise, Lori & Wamoyi, Joyce & Bobrova, Natalia, 2016. "Revisiting the understanding of “transactional sex” in sub-Saharan Africa: A review and synthesis of the literature," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 168(C), pages 186-197.

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