Fertility Intentions and Use of Contraception among Monogamous Couples in Northern Malawi in the Context of HIV Testing: A Cross-Sectional Analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Dube, Albert L N ^a   Baschieri, Angela ^b   Cleland, John ^b   Floyd, Sian ^b   Molesworth, Anna ^a   Parrott, Fiona ^a   French, Neil ^a,b,c   Glynn, Judith R ^b  

^a KARONGA PREVENTION STUDY   (Malawi)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO PREGNANCY; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MARRIAGE; MONOGAMY; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONTRACEPTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871450628     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051861     Document Type: Article

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