Women's attitudes to condoms and female-controlled means of protection against HIV and STDs in South-Western Uganda

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 687-698

  Hart, G J ^a   Pool, R ^b   Green, G ^b   Harrison, S ^b   Nyanzi, S ^b   Whitworth, J A G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CITY; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG FORMULATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UGANDA;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ATTITUDE--WOMEN; BARRIER METHODS; BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; CONTRACEPTIVE USAGE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE CONDOM; HIV INFECTIONS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; INFECTIONS; METHOD ACCEPTABILITY--WOMEN; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH REPORT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; UGANDA; VAGINAL BARRIER METHODS; VIRAL DISEASES; WOMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOMS; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES, FEMALE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; UGANDA;

EID: 0033404550     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540129947596     Document Type: Article

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