Impact of Stepping Stones on incidence of HIV and HSV-2 and sexual behaviour in rural South Africa: Cluster randomised controlled trial

BMJ

Volumn 337, Issue 7666, 2008, Pages 391-395

  Jewkes, Rachel ^a,b   Nduna, M ^c   Levin, J ^a   Jama, N ^a   Dunkle, K ^d   Puren, A ^e   Duvvury, N ^f  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Virology   (South Africa)

^f INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA; STEPPING STONES HEALTH PROGRAM; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; GENITAL HERPES; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL EDUCATION; UNSAFE SEX;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL HEALTH; SEX EDUCATION; SOUTH AFRICA; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 50049110585     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.a506     Document Type: Article

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