Attitude towards intimate partner violence againts women and risky sexual choices of Jamaican males

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 66-71

  Gibbison, G A ^a  

^a GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CONDOM; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; JAMAICA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PARTNER VIOLENCE; RISK REDUCTION; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL ATTITUDE; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE ABUSE;

EID: 34347268784     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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