Sexual behavior, psychosocial and knowledge differences between consistent, inconsistent and non-users of condoms: A study of female bar and hotel workers in Moshi, Tanzania

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 405-413

  Tassiopoulos, Katherine K ^a   Seage III, George R ^a   Sam, Noel E ^b   Ao, Trong T H ^a   Masenga, Elisante J ^b   Hughes, Michael D ^a   Kapiga, Saidi H ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Condom use; HIV; Psychosocial; Sexual behavior; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TANZANIA; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CONDOMS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCCUPATIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESTAURANTS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TANZANIA;

EID: 33746784663     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-006-9112-8     Document Type: Article

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