Trends and determinants of HIV/AIDS knowledge among women in Bangladesh

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Yaya, Sanni ^a   Bishwajit, Ghose ^b   Danhoundo, Georges ^c   Shah, Vaibhav ^a   Ekholuenetale, Michael ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c York University   (Canada)

^d Women's Health and Action Research Centre   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Demographic and health survey; Global health; HIV knowledge; Women health

Indexed keywords

AGING; AWARENESS; BANGLADESH; BANGLADESHI; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEAD; HEALTH SURVEY; HEARING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOUND; STATISTICS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BANGLADESH; DEMOGRAPHY; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84982214266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3512-0     Document Type: Article

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