A descriptive analysis of perceptions of HIV risk and worry about acquiring HIV among FEM-PrEP participants who seroconverted in Bondo, Kenya, and Pretoria, South Africa

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Corneli, Amy L ^a   McKenna, Kevin ^a   Headley, Jennifer ^a   Ahmed, Khatija ^a   Odhiambo, Jacob ^a   Skhosana, Joseph ^a   Wang, Meng ^a   Agot, Kawango ^a  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; FEM PrEP; HIV worry; Risk perceptions; Seroconversion; Women

Indexed keywords

EMTRICITABINE; TENOFOVIR DISOPROXIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK PERCEPTION; RISK REDUCTION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEROCONVERSION; SOUTH AFRICA; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEAR; HIV INFECTIONS; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84915745191     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.17.3.19152     Document Type: Article

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