Assessment of HIV-related risky behaviour: A comparative study of face-to-face interviews and polling booth surveys in the general population of Cotonou, Benin

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 89, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 595-601

  Béhanzin, Luc ^a,b   Diabaté, Souleymane ^a,b   Minani, Isaac ^c   Lowndes, Catherine M ^a,d   Boily, Marie Claude ^a,e   Labbé, Annie Claude ^f   Anagonou, Séverin ^g,h   Zannou, Djimon Marcel ^g,h   Buvé, Anne ⁱ   Alary, Michel ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Centre de santé communal de Cotonou 1   (Benin)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f MAISONNEUVE ROSEMONT HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ABOMEY CALAVI   (Benin)

^h Centre national hospitalier universitaire   (Benin)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM USE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRAMARITAL SEX; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARRIAGE; MARRIED MAN; MARRIED WOMAN; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGLE WOMAN; YOUNG ADULT; BENIN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BENIN; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891859879     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2012-050884     Document Type: Article

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