Vulnerability of wives of Nepalese labor migrants to HIV infection: Integrating quantitative and qualitative evidence

Women and Health

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 745-766

  Thapa, Subash ^a,b   Bista, Nirmala ^a,c   Hannes, Karin ^a   Buve, Anne ^b   Vermandere, Mieke ^a   Mathei, Catharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c POKHARA UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

HIV infection; mixed methods study; Nepal; risk factor; social epidemiology; vulnerability; wives of labor migrants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NEPAL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX WORKER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNSAFE SEX;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNSAFE SEX;

EID: 84958059816     PISSN: 03630242     EISSN: 15410331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2015.1118726     Document Type: Article

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