Promoting male partner HIV testing and safer sexual decision making through secondary distribution of self-tests by HIV-negative female sex workers and women receiving antenatal and post-partum care in Kenya: a cohort study

The Lancet HIV

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2016, Pages e266-e274

  Thirumurthy, Harsha ^a,b   Masters, Samuel H ^a   Mavedzenge, Sue Napierala ^c   Maman, Suzanne ^a   Omanga, Eunice ^d   Agot, Kawango ^d  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d IMPACT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM USE; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAFE SEX; SCREENING TEST; SELF EVALUATION; SEX WORKER; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUAL VIOLENCE; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; CONDOM; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; POSTNATAL CARE; PROCEDURES; SELF CARE; SEXUALITY; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; CONDOMS; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; POSTNATAL CARE; PRENATAL CARE; SELF CARE; SEX WORKERS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84963591024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23523018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(16)00041-2     Document Type: Article

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