Assessment of the population-level effectiveness of the Avahan HIV-prevention programme in South India: A preplanned, causal-pathway-based modelling analysis

The Lancet Global Health

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Pickles, Michael ^a,b   Boily, Marie Claude ^a   Vickerman, Peter ^b,c   Lowndes, Catherine M ^b,l   Moses, Stephen ^d,e   Blanchard, James F ^d   Deering, Kathleen N ^f   Bradley, Janet ^g,h   Ramesh, Banadakoppa M ^e   Washington, Reynold ^d,i   Adhikary, Rajatashuvra ^j   Mainkar, Mandar ^k   Paranjape, Ramesh S ^k   Alary, Michel ^i,m  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^e KARNATAKA HEALTH PROMOTION TRUST   (India)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g CHARME India Project   (India)

^h Université Laval   (Canada)

ⁱ ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^j FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^k NATIONAL AIDS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^l PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^m INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONDOM USE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ERADICATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; SELF REPORT; SIMULATION; EVALUATION STUDY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX WORKERS;

EID: 84888124885     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2214109X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2214-109X(13)70083-4     Document Type: Article

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