Sustained Sexual Behavior Change After Acute HIV Diagnosis in Malawi
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HIV/AIDS-related Expectations and Risky Sexual Behavior in Malawi
Subjective expectations are likely to be an important determinant of health-related behaviors in a high-HIVprevalence environment. We use probabilistic expectations data elicited from survey respondents in rural Malawi to investigate how risky sexual behavior may be influenced by individuals’ survival expectations, which in turn depend on the perceived impact of HIV/AIDS on survival; expectatio...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Sexually Transmitted Diseases
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1537-4521,0148-5717
DOI: 10.1097/olq.0000000000000873