Aboriginal women's stories of sexually transmissible infection transmission and condom use in remote central Australia

Sexual Health

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 237-242

  Stark, Astrid M ^a   Hope, Alex ^b  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b General Practitioner   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CONDOM; CULTURAL FACTOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; JEALOUSY; KNOWLEDGE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SHAME; SOCIAL ASPECT; VIOLENCE;

ADULT; CONDOMS; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 36349008184     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH07009     Document Type: Article

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