The WHOMEN's scale (women's HAART optimism monitoring and EvaluatioN scale v.1) and the association with fertility intentions and sexual behaviours among HIV-positive women in Uganda

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 13, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  Kaida, Angela ^a,b   Lima, Viviane Dias ^a   Andia, Irene ^c   Kabakyenga, Jerome ^c   Mbabazi, Pamela ^c   Emenyonu, Nneka ^d   Patterson, Thomas L ^e   Hogg, Robert S ^a,f   Bangsberg, David R ^g  

^a BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertility intentions; HAART; HAART optimism; HAART optimism scale; HIV; Scale; Sexual behaviour; Uganda; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PREVALENCE; RANK SUM TEST; REPRODUCTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; UGANDA;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA;

EID: 67349208440     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-009-9553-y     Document Type: Article

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