The impact of SASA!, a community mobilization intervention, on reported HIV-related risk behaviours and relationship dynamics in Kampala, Uganda

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 17, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Kyegombe, Nambusi ^a   Abramsky, Tanya ^a   Devries, Karen M ^a   Starmann, Elizabeth ^a   Michau, Lori ^b   Nakuti, Janet ^b   Musuya, Tina ^c   Heise, Lori ^a   Watts, Charlotte ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b RAISING VOICES   (Uganda)

^c Centre for Domestic Violence Prevention   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Community mobilization; HIV related risk behaviours; Intimate partner violence; Relationship dynamics; SASA!; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMMUNITY; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; CONDOM USE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PARTNER VIOLENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEX RATIO; TRUST; UGANDA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; INTERVENTION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SEXUAL CRIME; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, INFECTIOUS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK-TAKING; SEX OFFENSES; SPOUSE ABUSE; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84915820672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.17.1.19232     Document Type: Article

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