Condom use in sexual exchange relationships among young single adults in Ghana

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 303-316

  Ankomah, Augustine ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; BARRIER METHODS; BEHAVIOR; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ECONOMIC FACTORS; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FAMILY PLANNING; GENDER ISSUES; GENDER RELATIONS; GHANA; HIV INFECTIONS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; OBSTACLES; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PARTNER COMMUNICATION; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREMARITAL SEX BEHAVIOR; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK BEHAVIOR; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEX BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIRAL DISEASES; WESTERN AFRICA; WOMEN'S STATUS; YOUTH;

ADULT; CONDOMS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEGOTIATING; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SINGLE PERSON; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0031684709     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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