HIV vulnerability depends upon social context. Based in broader debates in social epidemiology, political economy, and sociology of health, Rhodes’ (2002) “risk environment” framework provides one heuristic for understanding how contextual features influence HIV risk, through different types of environmental factors (social, economic, policy, and physical) which interact at different levels of influence (micro, macro).
Year of publication: 2011 Theme: Health and HIV Author: Shira Goldenberga, Steffanie A. Strathdeeb, Manuel Gallardoc, Tim Rhodesd, Karla D. Wagnerb and Thomas L. Patterson Relevant URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6VBF-529CNS3-3&_user=1...Feeds
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Over here, it's just drugs, women and all the madness”: The HIV risk environment of clients of female sex workers in Tijuana, Mexico
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