Randomised controlled trial of alternative male and female condom promotion strategies targeting sex workers in Madagascar

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 448-453

  Hoke, Theresa H ^a   Feldblum, Paul J ^a   Van Damme, Kathleen ^b   Nasution, Marlina D ^a   Grey, Thomas W ^a   Wong, Emelita L ^a   Ralimamonjy, Louisette ^b   Raharimalala, Leonardine ^b   Rasamindrakotroka, Andry ^b  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b UNC MAD   (Madagascar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONDOM; COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MADAGASCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS;

ADULT; CONDOMS; CONDOMS, FEMALE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; MADAGASCAR; MALE; PEER GROUP; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL MARKETING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35748962276     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2006.024612     Document Type: Article

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