HIV communication programs, condom use at sexual debut, and HIV infections averted in South Africa, 2005

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 66, Issue SUPPL.3, 2014, Pages

  Kincaid, D Lawrence ^a   Babalola, Stella ^a   Figueroa, Maria Elena ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

communication campaigns; condom use; HIV AIDS prevention; propensity score matching; structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONDOM USE; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPENSITY SCORE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; COMMUNICATION; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904136583     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000242     Document Type: Article

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