Changes in sexual behaviour among HIV-infected women in west and east Africa in the first 24 months after delivery

AIDS

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 997-1007

  Irungu, Eunice ^a   Chersich, Matthew F ^b,c   Sanon, Clarisse ^d   Chege, Rosemary ^a   Gaillard, Philippe ^e   Temmerman, Marleen ^b   Read, Jennifer S ^f,g   Luchters, Stanley ^a,b,h  

^a International Centre for Reproductive Health Kenya   (Kenya)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d CENTRE MURAZ   (Burkina Faso)

^e WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^f EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^g U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^h BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

condom use; HIV prevention; postpartum period; safe sex; sexual behaviour; sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; LAMIVUDINE PLUS ZIDOVUDINE; NEVIRAPINE; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BREAST FEEDING; BURKINA FASO; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SHORT COURSE THERAPY; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; UNSAFE SEX; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BURKINA FASO; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; POSTPARTUM PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861093683     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3283524ca1     Document Type: Article

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