HIV/AIDS knowledge, women's education, epidemic severity and protective sexual behaviour in low- and middle-income countries

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 421-442

  Snelling, Dana ^a   Rasugu Omariba, D Walter ^a   Hong, Sungjin ^b   Georgiades, Katholiki ^a   Racine, Yvonne ^a   Boyle, Michael H ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; KNOWLEDGE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICA; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONDOMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; SAFE SEX; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33947275321     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932006001465     Document Type: Article

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