HIV knowledge and sexual risk behavior among pregnant couples in South Africa: The partnerplus project

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 479-487

  Villar Loubet, Olga M ^a   Cook, Ryan ^a   Chakhtoura, Nahida ^a   Peltzer, Karl ^b,c   Weiss, Stephen M ^a   Shikwane, Molatelo Elisa ^b   Jones, Deborah L ^a  

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

^b HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Couples; HIV knowledge; PMTCT; Sexual risk; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CONDOMS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOUTH AFRICA;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880924953     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0360-5     Document Type: Article

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