Secrecy, disclosure and accidental discovery: Perspectives of diaphragm users in Mombasa, Kenya

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-26

  Okal, Jerry ^a   Stadler, Jonathan ^b   Ombidi, Wilkister ^a   Jao, Irene ^a   Luchters, Stanley ^a,c   Temmerman, Marleen ^c   Chersich, Matthew F ^a,c  

^a International Centre for Reproductive Health Kenya   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Diaphragm; Gender; Kenya

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONDOM; CONFLICT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTITUTION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL HEALTH; UTERINE CERVIX CAP;

ADULT; ANECDOTES AS TOPIC; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES, FEMALE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN, WORKING;

EID: 36549067819     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050701519730     Document Type: Article

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