Decreased incidence of sexually transmitted diseases among trucking company workers in Kenya: Results of a behavioral risk-reduction programme

AIDS

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 903-909

  Jackson, Denis J ^a,b   Rakwar, Joel P ^a   Richardson, Barbra A ^b   Mandaliya, Kishorchandra ^c   Chohan, Bhavna H ^a   Bwayo, Job J ^a   Ndinya Achola, Jeckoniah O ^a   Martin Jr , Harold L ^a,b   Moses, Stephen ^a,d   Kreiss, Joan K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology   (Kenya)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; HIV; Sexual behaviour; STD; Truck drivers

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM; COUNSELING; DRIVER; GENITAL ULCER; GONORRHEA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONSPECIFIC URETHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BARRIER METHODS; BEHAVIOR; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EXTRAMARITAL SEX BEHAVIOR--MEN; FAMILY PLANNING; INFECTIONS; KENYA; MACROECONOMIC FACTORS; PRIVATE SECTOR; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR--MEN; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES--MEN; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES--PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CHANCROID; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; CONDOMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GONORRHEA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 8244225172     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199707000-00010     Document Type: Article

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