Sexual HIV risk behaviour and associated factors among pregnant women in Mpumalanga, South Africa

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Volumn 13, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Peltzer, Karl ^a,b,c   Mlambo, Gladys ^a  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEALTH BELIEF; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 84874425461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2393-13-57     Document Type: Article

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