Opportunity for prevention of HIV and sexually transmitted infections in Kenyan youth: Results of a population-based survey

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 529-535

  Hawken, Mark P ^a,c,e   Melis, Reinhilde D J ^a,d   Ngombo, Diana T ^a   Mandaliya, Kishorchandra N ^a   Ng'ang'a, Lucy W ^c   Price, Jessica ^b   Dallabetta, Gina ^b   Temmerman, Marleen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^d Medicus Mundi   (Belgium)

^e International Centre for Reproductive Health Kenya   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Africa; AIDS; HIV; Sexual behavior; STIs; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; FEMALE; GENDER; GONORRHEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS;

EID: 0037114855     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200212150-00011     Document Type: Article

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