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Levels and spread of HIV seroprevalence and associated factors : evidence from national household surveys / Vinod Mishra [and four others].
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- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Mishra, Vinod K., author.
- Series:
- DHS comparative reports ; no. 22.
- DHS comparative reports ; no. 22
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- HIV infections--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Statistics.
- HIV infections.
- HIV infections--Risk factors--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Statistics.
- Epidemiology--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Statistics.
- Epidemiology.
- Health surveys--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Statistics.
- Health surveys.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- HIV Seroprevalence.
- Cross-Sectional Studies.
- Epidemiologic Factors.
- Health Surveys.
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice.
- Africa South of the Sahara.
- HIV infections--Risk factors.
- Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Medical Subjects:
- HIV Seroprevalence.
- Cross-Sectional Studies.
- Epidemiologic Factors.
- Health Surveys.
- Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice.
- Africa South of the Sahara.
- Genre:
- Government publications -- United States.
- Online resources.
- Statistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xii, 141 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Calverton, Maryland, USA : Macro International, 2009.
- Summary:
- This report summarizes HIV prevalence and the associations between HIV serostatus and several key characteristics and behaviors of adult women and men in 22 developing countries, using data from nationally representative DHS and AIS surveys conducted between 2001 and 2006. The countries includes are by region: Sub-Saharan Africa: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe; Latin America and Caribbean: the Dominican Republic, Haiti; Asia: Cambodia, India, Vietnam (the Hi Phong province).
- Contents:
- Executive summary
- Introduction
- HIV testing in surveys
- Data and methods
- HIV prevalence by demographic characeristics
- HIV prevalence by socioeconomic characteristics
- HIV prevalence by HIV/AIDS knowledge, misconcepptions, and attitudes
- HIV prevalence by risk behaviors
- HIV prevalence by protective behaviors
- HIV prevalence by medical injection use, prevalence or other STIs, and prior HIV testing experience
- HIV prevalence by women's status
- Summary and conclusion.
- Notes:
- "February 2009."
- "This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)"--Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-141).
- Online resource, PDF version; title from title page (DHS website, viewed February 12, 2019).
- Electronic reproduction. [Place of publication not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2019.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Levels and spread of HIV seroprevalence and associated factors
- OCLC:
- 1083756712
- Access Restriction:
- Use copy Restrictions unspecified
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