HIV-Related Risk Behaviors Among Labor Migrants, Their Wives and the General Population in Nepal

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 260-268

  Thapa, Subash ^a,b   Thapa, Deependra Kaji ^c   Buve, Anne ^b   Hannes, Karin ^a   Nepal, Chiranjibi ^d   Mathei, Catharina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME   (United States)

^d Disease Prevention and Health Awareness Programme   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Extramarital sexual behavior; General population; HIV transmission; Labor migrants and their wives; Nepal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRATION; NEPAL; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSES; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84988346131     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: 15733610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-016-0251-1     Document Type: Article

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