Determinants of condom use among youth in Madagascar

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 365-380

  Meekers, Dominique ^a   Silva, Martha ^a   Klein, Megan ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THEORETICAL MODEL; UNPLANNED PREGNANCY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; INTERVIEW; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MADAGASCAR; MALE; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33745301233     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: 14697599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932005007200     Document Type: Article

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