Sexual scripts of women: A longitudinal analysis of participants in a gender-specific HIV/STD prevention intervention

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 269-279

  Dworkin, Shari L ^a,b   Beckford, Sharlene T ^a   Ehrhardt, Anke A ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Gender specific HIV AIDS prevention interventions; Qualitative methods; Sexual scripts; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; NORMAL HUMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CONDOMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SAFE SEX; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 34247601175     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-006-9092-9     Document Type: Article

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