Effect of a structural intervention for the prevention of intimate-partner violence and HIV in rural South Africa: a cluster randomised trial

Lancet

Volumn 368, Issue 9551, 2006, Pages 1973-1983

  Pronyk, Paul M ^a,b   Hargreaves, James R ^a,b   Kim, Julia C ^a,b   Morison, Linda A ^b   Phetla, Godfrey ^a   Watts, Charlotte ^b   Busza, Joanna ^b   Porter, John DH ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK; RURAL AREA; SEX RATIO; SEXUAL ABUSE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOUTH AFRICA; SPOUSE;

EID: 33751408747     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(06)69744-4     Document Type: Article

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