HIV risk among currently married couples in rural malawi: What do spouses know about each other?

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 103-112

  Anglewicz, Philip A ^a   Assche, Simona Bignami Van ^b   Clark, Shelley ^c   Mkandawire, James ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d Malawi Diffusion and Ideational Change Project (MDICP)   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Couple data; Developing countries; HIV AIDS; Malawi; Risk perception; VCT

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; MALAWI; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALAWI; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RELIGION; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949319141     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-008-9497-7     Document Type: Article

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