Ugandan Men's Attitudes Toward Their Partner's Participation in Antenatal HIV Testing

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 359-374

  Medley, Amy M ^a   Mugerwa, George William ^b   Kennedy, Caitlin ^a   Sweat, Michael ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SPOUSE; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPOUSES; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859333062     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2012.655392     Document Type: Article

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