Problems with condom use among patients attending sexually transmitted disease clinics: Prevalence, predictors, and relation to incident gonorrhea and chlamydia

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 167, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 341-349

  Warner, Lee ^a   Newman, Daniel R ^a,b   Kamb, Mary L ^b   Fishbein, Martin ^c   Douglas Jr , John M ^b   Zenilman, Jonathan ^d,e   D'Anna, Laura ^f   Bolan, Gail ^g   Rogers, Judy ^h   Peterman, Thomas ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d BALTIMORE CITY HEALTH DEPARTMENT   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g San Francisco Department of Health   (United States)

^h Newark Department of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Chlamydia; Contraceptive devices, male; Gonorrhea; HIV infections; Sexual behavior; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

CONDOM USE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE SPREAD; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONDOM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EQUIPMENT; FOLLOW UP; INCIDENCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

CHLAMYDIA;

CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CONDOMS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, HORIZONTAL; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GONORRHEA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 38849204896     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm300     Document Type: Article

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