Measuring prevalence and correlates of concurrent sexual partnerships among young sexually active men in kisumu, Kenya

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 3124-3132

  Westercamp, Nelli ^a   Mattson, Christine L ^a   Bailey, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Concurrent partnerships; HIV prevention; Kenya; Multiple sexual partners; Sexual concurrency

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLACK PERSON; CIRCUMCISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MALE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84889081865     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-013-0457-5     Document Type: Article

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