Perceptions of the condom as a method of HIV prevention in Yemen

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 12, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2006, Pages

  Busulwa, R ^a   Takiyaddin, M Y ^b   Azzubeidi, A A ^b   El Zein El Mousaad, H ^a   Tawillah, J ^c   Zaidy, H ^d  

^a WHO Representative Office   (Sudan)

^b Ministry of Public Health   (Yemen)

^c WHO Representative Office   (Djibouti)

^d WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; YEMEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CONDOMS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; ISLAM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SAFE SEX; SOCIAL VALUES; YEMEN;

EID: 33846007731     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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