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Accuracy and determinants of perceived HIV risk among young women in South Africa.

Brendan Maughan-BrownAtheendar S Venkataramani
Published in: BMC public health (2017)
Results indicate that HIV-risk perceptions are inaccurate. Our findings suggest that this inaccuracy stems from HIV-risk perceptions being driven by an incomplete understanding of epidemiological risk and being influenced by a range of psycho-social factors not directly related to sexual behaviour. Consequently, new interventions are needed to align perceived and actual HIV risk.
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