Sexual risk behaviors among HIV-infected South African men and women with their partners in a primary care program: Implications for couples-based prevention

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 139-150

  Venkatesh, Kartik K ^a   De Bruyn, Guy ^b   Lurie, Mark N ^a   Modisenyane, Tebogo ^b   Triche, Elizabeth W ^a   Gray, Glenda E ^b   Welte, Alex ^c   Martinson, Neil A ^b,d  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; ART; HIV; Sexual risk behavior; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858263890     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-9941-y     Document Type: Article

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