Sexual behaviors of individuals with HIV living in South India: A qualitative study

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 334-345

  Sri Krishnan, A K ^a   Hendriksen, Ellen ^b   Vallabhaneni, Snigda ^c   Johnson, Sethu L ^a   Raminani, Sudha ^b   Kumarasamy, N ^a   Hobsen, Jeremy ^b   Solomon, Suniti ^a   Mayer, Kenneth H ^c,d   Safren, Steven A ^d,e,f  

^a YRG CARE   (India)

^b Fenway Community Health   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Massachusetts General Hospital ^*

^e MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f Research and Evaluation Department   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK REDUCTION; SAFE SEX; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548009816     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2007.19.4.334     Document Type: Article

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