Social and behavioural risk factors for HIV infection among the wives of labour migrants in Nepal

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 793-799

  Thapa, Subash ^a   Bista, Nirmala ^b   Timilsina, Suraj ^c   Buntinx, Frank ^a,d   Mathei, Catharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b POKHARA UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c NEPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Nepal)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

AIDS; epidemiology; HIV; labour migration; Nepal; risk factors; wives of labour migrants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIGRANT WORKER; NEPAL; READING; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907207114     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: 17581052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956462414521162     Document Type: Article

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