Female condom introduction and sexually transmitted infection prevalence: Results of a community intervention trial in kenya

AIDS

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1037-1044

  Feldblum, Paul J ^c   Kuyoh, Maureen A ^a   Bwayo, Job J ^b   Omari, Mohamed ^a   Wong, Emelita L ^c   Tweedy, Kathryn G ^c   Welsh, Michael J ^a  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cluster randomized trial; Epidemiologic methods; Female condoms; Intervention trial; Kenya; Male condoms; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDOM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; LIGASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ADULT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CONDOMS; CONDOMS, FEMALE; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GONORRHEA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RURAL POPULATION; SAFE SEX; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS;

EID: 0004637514     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200105250-00012     Document Type: Article

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