A randomized controlled trial to promote long-term contraceptive use among HIV-serodiscordant and concordant positive couples in Zambia

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 567-574

  Stephenson, Rob ^a   Vwalika, Bellington ^a,b,c   Greenberg, Lauren ^a   Ahmed, Yusuf ^a,b,c   Vwalika, Cheswa ^d   Chomba, Elwyn ^c   Kilembe, William ^a,b   Tichacek, Amanda ^a,e   Allen, Susan ^a,e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Zambia Emory HIV Research Project   (Zambia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INJECTABLE CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; LEVONORGESTREL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM; COUNSELING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAUTERINE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT DURATION; UTERINE TUBE LIGATION; VASECTOMY; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 79954458815     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2010.2113     Document Type: Article

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