Survey of condom-related beliefs, behaviors, and perceived social norms in Mexican migrant laborers

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 185-198

  Organista, Kurt C ^a,d   Organista, Pamela Balls ^b   De Alba, Javier E Garcia ^c   Morán, Marco Antonio Castillo ^c   Carrillo, Luz Elena Ureta ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA   (Mexico)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEXICO; MIGRANT WORKER; NORMAL HUMAN; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AMERICAS; BARRIER METHODS; BEHAVIOR; BELIEFS; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; FAMILY PLANNING; HIV INFECTIONS; KNOWLEDGE; LABOR MIGRATION; LATIN AMERICA; MARITAL STATUS--MEN; MEXICO; MIGRANTS--MEN; MIGRATION; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; NUPTIALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PROSTITUTES--WOMEN; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEX BEHAVIOR--MEN; SEXUAL PARTNERS--MEN; STUDIES; SURVEYS; UNITED STATES; VIRAL DISEASES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONDOMS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICO; PROSTITUTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030974115     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025173008088     Document Type: Article

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