Prevalence of PTSD and depression, and associated sexual risk factors, among male Rwanda Defense Forces military personnel

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 925-933

  Harbertson, Judith ^a,b   Grillo, Michael ^a   Zimulinda, Eugene ^c   Murego, Charles ^d   Cronan, Terry ^e   May, Susanne ^f   Brodine, Stephanie ^a   Sebagabo, Marcellin ^d   Araneta, Maria Rosario G ^g   Shaffer, Richard ^a  

^a NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b US Military HIV Research Program   (United States)

^c US Embassy   (Rwanda)

^d Rwanda Defense Forces   (Rwanda)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression and sexual risk in the rwanda defense forces; PTSD

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH STATUS; MALE BEHAVIOR; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SECURITY; STANDARDIZATION; SURVEYING;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV RAPID TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILITARY DEPLOYMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; RWANDA; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOLDIER;

DEPRESSION AND SEXUAL RISK IN THE RWANDA DEFENSE FORCES; PTSD;

ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RWANDA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

RWANDA;

EID: 84880292356     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12129     Document Type: Article

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