Thursday, April 1 / 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM   •   Hampton

Session 3:
Couples and Reproductive Health

Chair: Stan Becker, Johns Hopkins University
Discussant: Freya L. Sonenstein, Urban Institute

  1. Assessing the Factors That Contribute to HIV/STD Transmission in Marriage in Urban Slum Communities in IndiaSumitra Sharma, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Stephen L. Schensul, University of Connecticut Health Center ; Sreeparna Chattopadhyay, Brown University ; Bonnie K. Nastasi, Institute for Community Research ; Garimella Rama Rao, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

  2. Partner Awareness Risk and Perceived HIV Susceptibility among Seronegative Heterosexual CouplesTrent W. Moore, Florida State University ; David F. Sly, Florida State University ; Dianne Harrison, Florida State University

  3. Husband-Wife Disagreement in Rural Malawi: A Longitudinal AnalysisSimona Bignami, University of Pennsylvania ; Susan Watkins, University of Pennsylvania

  4. Spouse Differential in Fertility and Contraceptive Intentions in Three Culturally Contrasting States of IndiaLaishram Ladusingh, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Faujdar Ram, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Balram Paswan, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Nizamuddin Khan, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

  5. Utilization of Reproductive Health Care Services in Uttar Pradesh, India: Multivariate Decomposition of CovariatesRavendra K. Sharma, Johns Hopkins New Born Health Initiative Research Center

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