Sexual risk, serostatus and intimate partner violence among couples during pregnancy in Rural South Africa

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 508-516

  Peltzer, Karl ^a,b   Jones, Deborah ^c   Weiss, Stephen M ^c   Villar Loubet, Olga ^c   Shikwane, Elisa ^a  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Couples; HIV risk behavior; HIV status; Pregnant women; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; IMMUNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INNATE IMMUNITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, INNATE; INCIDENCE; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOUTH AFRICA; SPOUSE ABUSE; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880921896     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0185-2     Document Type: Article

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