Male circumcision for HIV prevention-a cross-sectional study on awareness among young people and adults in rural Uganda

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Wilcken, Andrea ^a,b   Miiro Nakayima, Flavia ^a   Hizaamu, Ramadhan Nb ^a   Keil, Thomas ^b   Balaba Byansi, Dorothy ^a  

^a THETA   (Uganda)

^b CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CIRCUMCISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UGANDA;

ADULT; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL CLASS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951233337     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-209     Document Type: Article

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