HIV disclosure to sexual partner and associated factors among women attending ART clinic at Mekelle hospital, Northern Ethiopia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Alemayehu, Mussie ^a   Aregay, Alemseged ^a   Kalayu, Abrhet ^b   Yebyo, Henock ^a  

^a MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b Sheba University College   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Disclosure; Ethiopia; HIV; Mekelle; Tigray; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUALITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904522946     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-746     Document Type: Article

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