Processes and outcomes of HIV serostatus disclosure to sexual partners among people living with HIV in Uganda

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 232-243

  King, Rachel ^a,b   Katuntu, David ^a   Lifshay, Julie ^c   Packel, Laura ^c   Batamwita, Richard ^a   Nakayiwa, Sylvia ^a   Abang, Betty ^a   Babirye, Frances ^d   Lindkvist, Pille ^e   Johansson, Eva ^e   Mermin, Jonathan ^a   Bunnell, Rebecca ^a  

^a Global AIDS Program   (Uganda)

^b UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d THE AIDS SUPPORT ORGANIZATION   (Uganda)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Counseling and testing; Disclosure; HIV; Prevention with positives; Sexual behavior; Uganda

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; UGANDA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UGANDA;

EID: 43149110836     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-007-9307-7     Document Type: Article

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