Open AccessSocio-demographic factors associated with HIV prevalence among pregnant women attending antenatal clinics in six Southern States of India: Evidences from the latest round of HIV sentinel surveillance
Author(s) -
Santhakumar Aridoss,
Nagaraj Jaganathasamy,
Arvind Kumar,
Natesan Manikandan,
Rajatashuvra Adhikary,
Elangovan Arumugam
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of public health/indian journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.381
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 2229-7693
pISSN - 0019-557X
DOI - 10.4103/ijph.ijph_60_20
Subject(s) - medicine , spouse , psychological intervention , population , demography , cross sectional study , public health , logistic regression , environmental health , nursing , pathology , sociology , anthropology
HIV/AIDS is a global public health issue and its transmission in a defined geographic region is influenced by the interplay of sociodemographic and behavioral factors. Better understanding of sociodemographic characteristics of HIV-positive individuals is required to prevent the spread of HIV among the general population.