Where are the men? Targeting male partners in preventing mother-to-child HIV transmission

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

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-48

  Koo, Kevin ^a   Makin, Jennifer D ^b   Forsyth, Brian W C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV testing; Male partner; Men; Partner invitation; PMTCT; VCT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUALITY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870878186     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2012.687822     Document Type: Article

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