Gender power imbalance and differential psychosocial correlates of intended condom use among male and female adolescents from Venda, South Africa

British Journal of Health Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 51-63

  Boer, Henk ^a   Mashamba, M Tshilidzi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VENDA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFE SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 33846842094     PISSN: 1359107X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/135910706X102104     Document Type: Article

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