Preliminary comparison of the polyurethane female condom with the latex male condom in Kenya

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 101-106

  Ruminjo, J K ^a,b   Steiner, M ^a   Joanis, C ^a   Mwathe, E G ^b   Thagana, N ^b  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LATEX; POLYURETHAN;

ACCEPTORS; ACCEPTORS, NEW--WOMEN; ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BARRIER METHODS--MEN; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDOM; CONDOM--MEN; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS--MEN; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; METHOD ACCEPTABILITY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS--MEN; SEXUALITY; STUDIES; VAGINAL BARRIER METHODS;

ACCEPTORS; ACCEPTORS, NEW--WOMEN; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ATTITUDE; BARRIER METHODS--MEN; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; CONDOM--MEN; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS--MEN; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS; FEMALE CONDOM; KENYA; METHOD ACCEPTABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS--MEN; STUDIES; VAGINAL BARRIER METHODS;

ADULT; CONDOMS; CONDOMS, FEMALE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KENYA; LATEX; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POLYURETHANES; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

CONDOM USE; CONTRACEPTIVE CHOICE; WOMEN'S EMPOWERMENT;

KENYA, NAIROBI;

EID: 0030072254     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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