Intimate partner violence after disclosure of HIV test results among pregnant women in Harare, Zimbabwe

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Shamu, Simukai ^a,c   Zarowsky, Christina ^c,d   Shefer, Tamara ^c   Temmerman, Marleen ^b   Abrahams, Naeemah ^a,c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ZIMBABWE; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; SEXUALITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSE ABUSE; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84908601715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109447     Document Type: Article

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