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Introduction: Support from family and spouse is beneficial for a HIV 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. Results: Higher proportions of PLHIV who were illiterate reported not using condoms with spouse while compared to those with higher education (p |
