Prevalence and correlates of HIV serostatus disclosure: A prospective study among HIV-infected postparturient women in Barbados

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 724-730

  Kumar, Alok ^a,c   Waterman, Ira ^a   Kumari, Geeta ^b   Carter, Anne O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Barbados)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUERPERIUM; SELF DISCLOSURE; SOCIAL ISOLATION; STIGMA;

ADULT; BARBADOS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 33846482695     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2006.20.724     Document Type: Article

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