Education attainment as a predictor of HIV risk in rural Uganda: Results from a population-based study

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 452-459

  Smith, Jennifer ^e   Nalagoda, Fred ^a   Wawer, Maria J ^b   Serwadda, David ^c   Sewankambo, Nelson ^c   Konde Lule, Joseph ^c   Lutalo, Tom ^a   Chuanjun, Li ^e   Gray, Ronald H ^d  

^a UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e NONE

Author keywords

Africa; Education; Epidemiology; HIV 1; Prevention education; Risk factors; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RURAL AREA; UGANDA;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIOLOGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS SECTIONAL ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; HIV INFECTIONS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; UGANDA; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HIV ANTIBODIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA;

EID: 0033030679     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462991914456     Document Type: Article

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