Intimate partner violence among women with HIV infection in rural Uganda: Critical implications for policy and practice

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Osinde, Michael O ^a   Kaye, Dan K ^b   Kakaire, Othman ^b  

^a Kabale Regional Hospital   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL ABUSE; SPOUSE; UGANDA; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DOMESTIC VIOLENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UGANDA; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81155151497     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-11-50     Document Type: Article

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