Young women's perceptions of transactional sex and sexual agency: a qualitative study in the context of rural South Africa

• Main Authors: Meghna Ranganathan (Author), Catherine MacPhail (Author), Audrey Pettifor (Author), Kathleen Kahn (Author), Nomhle Khoza (Author), Rhian Twine (Author), Charlotte Watts (Author), Lori Heise (Author)
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• 出版: BMC, 2017-08-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Evidence shows that HIV prevalence among young women in sub-Saharan Africa increases almost five-fold between ages 15 and 24, with almost a quarter of young women infected by their early-to mid-20s. Transactional sex or material exchange for sex is a relationship dynamic that has...