Associations between depressive symptoms, sexual behaviour and relationship characteristics: A prospective cohort study of young women and men in the Eastern Cape, South Africa

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Nduna, Mzikazi ^a   Jewkes, Rachel K ^b   Dunkle, Kristin L ^c   Shai, Nwabisa P Jama ^b   Colman, Ian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149432960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-2652-13-44     Document Type: Article

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