Female sexual partners of male people who inject drugs in vietnam have poor knowledge of their male partners' HIV status

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 562-567

  Hammett, Theodore M ^b   Phan, Son ^b   Nguyen, Phong ^c   Kieu, Binh ^c   Dang, Son ^c   Nguyen, Diu ^c   Kling, Ryan ^a   Hai Oanh, Khuat Thi ^d  

^a US Health Division   (United States)

^b Abt Assotes   (United States)

^c Tulane Sch Publ Hlth and Tropical   (Viet Nam)

^d Centre for Supporting Community Development   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

disclosure of HIV status; female sexual partners; HIV prevention; HIV status; people who inject drugs; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED GROUPS OF PERSONS; PEOPLE WHO INJECT DRUG; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SEXUALITY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPLICATION; HIV INFECTIONS; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VIET NAM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925246713     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000000512     Document Type: Article

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