Is HIV/STD control in Jamaica making a difference?

AIDS, Supplement

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages

  Figueroa, J Peter ^a   Brathwaite, Alfred R ^a   Wedderburn, Maxine ^b   Ward, Elizabeth ^a   Lewis Bell, Karen ^a   Amon, Joseph J ^c   Williams, Yasmin ^a   Williams, Evadne ^a  

^a Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

^b Hope Enterprises Ltd   (Jamaica)

^c FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Behaviour change; Condoms; HIV; Jamaica; Prevention; STD; Syphilis

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONGENITAL SYPHILIS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; JAMAICA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SECONDARY SYPHILIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONDOMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAMAICA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0031706285     PISSN: 13502840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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