Change in sexual behaviour and decline in HIV infection among young pregnant women in urban Uganda

AIDS

Volumn 11, Issue 14, 1997, Pages 1757-1763

  Asiimwe Okiror, Godwil ^a   Opio, Alex A ^a   Musinguzi, Joshua ^a   Madraa, Elizabeth ^a   Tembo, George ^b,c   Caraël, Michel ^b,c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b UNAIDS Somalia   (Kenya)

^c UNAIDS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

HIV 1 prevalence; Pregnant women; Sexual behaviour change; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA; URBAN POPULATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; BARRIER METHODS; BEHAVIOR; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FAMILY PLANNING; FIRST INTERCOURSE; HIV INFECTIONS; MEASUREMENT; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREGNANT WOMEN; PREMARITAL SEX BEHAVIOR--CHANGES; PREVALENCE--CHANGES; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX BEHAVIOR; STUDIES; SURVEYS; UGANDA; URBAN POPULATION--WOMEN; VIRAL DISEASES; YOUTH--WOMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UGANDA; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0030812629     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199714000-00013     Document Type: Article

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