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Title A note on suspect practices during the AIDS epidemic: vaginal drying and scarification in southwest Nigeria
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/1885/41293
Date 1995
Author(s) Orubuloye, I. O.; Caldwell, Pat; Caldwell, John c.
Contributor(s) Orubuloye, I. O.; Caldwell, John C.; Caldwell, Pat; Jain, Shail
Abstract Vaginal drying and scarification have been reported as possible risk factors. Published research on the former has been confined to East and Middle Africa. This paper reports on research in West Africa employing a survey of 1,976 females in southwest Nigeria, where they reported on their own vaginal drying, the scarification of their sons, and their participation in blood oaths. It was concluded that vaginal drying is not a risk-factor for AIDS in southwest Nigeria, and probably more broadly in West Africa, that scarification may be in the few cases when group scarification is practised, and that the practice of blood oaths probably puts those involved in danger. - no
Subject(s) HIV/AIDS; vaginal drying; scarification; Nigeria; blood oaths; mdcn-pblc; scls-bhvr
Language en_AU
Publisher Health Transition Centre, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University
Type of publication pjournal
Format 19918 bytes; application/pdf
Rights yes
Identifier suppl.; 161-165; Health Transition Review; 5; 1995; 852
Repository Canberra - Australian National University
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