Sexual life, options for contraception and intention for conception in HIV-positive people on successful antiretroviral therapy in Thailand

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 897-904

  Landolt, Nadia K ^a   Phanuphak, Nittaya ^b   Pinyakorn, Suteeraporn ^a   Lakhonphon, Sudrak ^c   Khongpetch, Chuleeporn ^a   Chaithongwongwatthana, Surasith ^d   Ananworanich, Jintanat ^a,b,c,d  

^a THAI RED CROSS AIDS RESEARCH CENTRE   (Thailand)

^b THAI RED CROSS AIDS RESEARCH CENTRE   (Thailand)

^c South East Asia Research Collaboration with Hawaii ^*  (Thailand)

^d CHULALONGKORN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

conception; contraception; HIV; reproductive health; sexual life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HETEROSEXUAL FEMALE; HETEROSEXUAL MALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; THAILAND; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CONTRACEPTION; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL PARTNERS; THAILAND;

EID: 84863684674     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2011.648161     Document Type: Article

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