War and HIV: Sex and gender differences in risk behaviour among young men and women in post-conflict Gulu District, Northern Uganda

Global Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 325-341

  Patel, Sheetal ^a,b   Schechter, Martin T ^a,b   Sewankambo, Nelson K ^c   Atim, Stella ^d   Lakor, Sam ^d   Kiwanuka, Noah ^c   Spittal, Patricia M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b CENTRE FOR HEALTH EVALUATION AND OUTCOME SCIENCES   (Canada)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Uganda)

^d Community based Researcher ^*  (Uganda)

Author keywords

epidemiology; HIV infection; post conflict; sex and gender differences; young people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFLICT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL PRACTICE; UGANDA; WAR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; REFUGEES; RISK-TAKING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897028745     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2014.887136     Document Type: Article

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