The Association Between Remarriage and HIV Infection in 13 Sub-Saharan African Countries  

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Walque, Damien de ; Kline, Rachel

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Studies in Family Planning vol. 43 no. 01 (Mar. 2012), page 1–10.
Topik: Remarriage; HIV Infection.
Fulltext: s26 v43 n1 p1 2012 win.pdf (440.75KB)

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Perpustakaan PKPM Nomor Panggil: S26 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Separated, divorced, and widowed individuals in Africa are at significantly increased risk for HIV infection. Using nationally representative data from 13 sub-Saharan African countries, this study confirms that finding and goes further by examining those who have experienced a marital dissolution and are now remarried. Results show that remarried individuals form a large portion of the population and have a higher-than-average HIV prevalence. HIV-positive remarried individuals are at risk of transmitting the infection to their spouse, because many of the couples are serodiscordant. The large number of high-risk remarried individuals is a source of vulnerability and further infection, and should be acknowledged and taken into account by prevention strategies that rarely address this population.

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