Risk factors, healthcare-seeking and sexual behaviour among patients with genital ulcers in Zambia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Makasa, Mpundu ^a,b   Fylkesnes, Knut ^b   Sandøy, Ingvild F ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Care seeking; Genital ulcers (GUs); Inconsistent condom use; Predictors; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SKIN ULCER; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SKIN ULCER; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84861830637     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-407     Document Type: Article

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