Abstract
14Dec 2017 ROLE OF LITERACY ON POSITIVE PREVENTION AMONG HIV SERO-DISCORDANT COUPLES?. Manjunatha R and R K Arya. Associate Professor of Public Health, Institute of Health Management Research (IIHMR Bengaluru),Bengaluru. Professor & Head, Department of Community Medicine, Santosh Medical College & Hospital, Ghaziabad.
Highlights
Support from family and spouse is beneficial for a HIVReceived: 07 October 2017 Final Accepted: 09 November 2017 Published: December 2017 infected individual to adhere to better practices
Literate reported of experiencing a higher level of Sexually Transmitted Infections (STI) (p
Literacy level of both index PLHIV and spouse has an important role in practicing of positive prevention measures
Summary
Received: 07 October 2017 Final Accepted: 09 November 2017 Published: December 2017 infected individual to adhere to better practices. Even though many studies have studied role of literacy of PLHIV for positive prevention, there is a paucity of information in India, about the role of Spouse’s education in better practices related to HIV care. Aims: To study the role of educational status of both index PLHIV and spouse on positive prevention practices Methods: A multi centric cross-sectional study was conducted among serodiscordant couples, in Karnataka. Using a simple random technique, 277 serodiscordant PLHIV’s participated in the study
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