Using mystery clients to assess condom negotiation in malawi: Some ethical concerns

Studies in Family Planning

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 322-330

  van den Borne, Francine ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CONDOM USE; EPIDEMIC; ETHICS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PROSTITUTION;

ARTICLE; CONDOM; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALAWI; MALE; PROSTITUTION; RESEARCH ETHICS; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CONDOMS; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ETHICS, RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; NEGOTIATING; PROSTITUTION; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 36949013653     PISSN: 00393665     EISSN: 17284465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2007.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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