'It [HIV] is part of the relationship': exploring communication among HIV-serodiscordant couples in South Africa and Tanzania

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 257-268

  Rispel, Laetitia C ^a   Cloete, Allanise ^b   Metcalf, Carol A ^c   Moody, Kevin ^d   Caswell, Georgina ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^d Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

communication; couples; HIV serodiscordance; relationships; South Africa; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COITUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; TANZANIA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COITUS; COMMUNICATION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860791436     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2011.621448     Document Type: Article

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