Rural women's knowledge of AIDS in the higher prevalence states of India: Reproductive health and sociocultural correlates

Health Promotion International

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 249-259

  Pallikadavath, Saseendran ^a   Sanneh, Abdoulie ^b   Mcwhirter, Jenny M ^c   Stones, R William ^a,d  

^a 'Opportunities and Choices' Programme of Reproductive Health Research   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d PRINCESS ANNE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asia; Demography; HIV AIDS; Reproductive health; Women

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SAFE SEX; SOCIAL ASPECT; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 24344498697     PISSN: 09574824     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapro/dai005     Document Type: Article

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