Sexual behaviours, perception of risk of HIV infection, and factors associated with attending HIV post-test counselling in Ethiopia

AIDS

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1263-1272

  Sahlu, Tefera ^a   Kassa, Elias ^a   Agonafer, Tsehay ^a   Tsegaye, Aster ^a   Rinke De Wit, Tobias ^a   Gebremariam, Hiruy ^a   Doorly, Ronan ^a   Spijkerman, Ingrid ^b   Yeneneh, Hailu ^a   Coutinho, Roel A ^b   Fontanet, Arnaud L ^a  

^a ETHIOPIAN PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Africa; Counselling; HIV infection; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION RISK; MANUAL LABOR; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYPHILIS SEROLOGY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; COUNSELING; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0032777109     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199907090-00017     Document Type: Article

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