Farming with your hoe in a sack: Condom attitudes, access, and use in rural Tanzania

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-40

  Plummer, Mary L ^a   Wight, Daniel ^b   Wamoyi, Joyce ^c   Mshana, Gerry ^d   Hayes, Richard J ^a   Ross, David A ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c African Medical and Research Foundation Mwanza   (Tanzania)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDOM USE; CONTRACEPTIVE USE; RURAL AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; TANZANIA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 33644889661     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: 17284465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2006.00081.x     Document Type: Article

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