Population-level impact of Avahan in Karnataka State, South India using multilevel statistical modelling techniques

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 239-245

  Banandur, Pradeep ^a,b   Mahajan, Uma ^a,c   Potty, Rajaram S ^a,c   Isac, Shajy ^c   Duchesne, Thierry ^d,e   Abdous, Belkacem ^d,e   Ramesh, Banadakoppa M ^c   Moses, Stephen ^f   Alary, Michel ^d,e  

^a CHARME II Project   (India)

^b Rajarajeswari Medical College and Hospital ^*  (India)

^c KARNATAKA HEALTH PROMOTION TRUST   (India)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Avahan; HIV; India; Multilevel modelling

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INDIA; INFORMATION PROCESSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872849884     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e318278c470     Document Type: Article

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