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Title Sexual behaviour in the face of risk: the case of bar girls in Malawi's major cities
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/1885/40185
Date 1995
Author(s) Kishindo, Paul
Contributor(s) Orubuloye, I. O.; Caldwell, John C.; Caldwell, Pat; Jain, Shail
Abstract The first case of AIDS in Malawi was diagnosed in 1985. The close association of AIDS with sexual promiscuity led the Ministry of Health to mount a campaign to create awareness of the dangers of promiscuous sex. Surveys so far carried out indicate that about 80 per cent of bar girls carried the HIV virus. This study sought to investigate why young women became bar girls, how much they knew about AIDS, and why they persisted in what is regarded as a high-risk occupation. The study revealed that economic necessity was a major consideration in engaging and persisting in commercial sex. Poverty then may be a major factor in the rapid spread of AIDS in Malawi. - no
Subject(s) Malawi; sexual behaviour; poverty; HIV/AIDS; promiscuity; bar girls; prostitution; busi-deve; mdcn-pblc; scls-edct
Language en_AU
Publisher Health Transition Centre, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University
Type of publication pjournal
Format 29131 bytes; application/pdf
Rights yes
Identifier suppl.; 153-160; Health Transition Review; 5; 1995; 851
Repository Canberra - Australian National University
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