Contraceptive use and method preference among women in Soweto, South Africa: The influence of expanding access to HIV care and treatment services

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2010, Pages

  Kaida, Angela ^a   Laher, Fatima ^b   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^c   Money, Deborah ^d,e   Janssen, Patricia A ^e,f   Hogg, Robert S ^a,g   Gray, Glenda ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Women's Health Research Institute   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BARRIER CONTRACEPTION; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FEMALE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORAL CONTRACEPTION; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT DURATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ADOLESCENT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CONDOMS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149477963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0013868     Document Type: Article

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