Open AccessKnowledge, attitude and practices of adults of the reproductive years on reproductive health matters, with emphasis on HIV infected people in a Caribbean society
Author(s) -
Paul Andrew Bourne,
Neva South-Bourne,
Cynthia Francis
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
north american journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2250-1541
pISSN - 1947-2714
DOI - 10.4297/najms.2010.2381
Subject(s) - reproductive health , medicine , demography , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , logistic regression , test (biology) , hiv test , public health , reproductive medicine , latin americans , gerontology , family medicine , population , environmental health , pregnancy , health facility , health services , biology , nursing , paleontology , genetics , sociology , linguistics , philosophy
South and Southeast Asia represent the largest number of new HIV infections, while Sub-Saharan Africa represents the highest rate of new infections, followed by Latin America and the Caribbean. Yet no study that has emerged in the Caribbean has comprehensively examined young people's sexual and reproductive health attitudes, knowledge and practices, comparing the result with those who are HIV infected.