Investigating the association between HIV/AIDS and recent fertility patterns in Kenya

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 335-344

  Magadi, Monica Akinyi ^a   Agwanda, Alfred O ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Contextual community factors; Fertility patterns; HIV AIDS infection; Kenya; Proximate determinants; Reproductive preferences

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILD MORTALITY; DISEASE PREVALENCE; EPIDEMIC; FERTILITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFANT MORTALITY;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FETUS WASTAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIRTH RATE; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

KENYA;

EID: 77953686557     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.03.040     Document Type: Article

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