Female condom uptake and acceptability in Zimbabwe

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 121-134

  Napierala, Sue ^a   Kang, Mi Suk ^a   Chipato, Tsungai ^b   Padian, Nancy ^a   Van Der Straten, Ariane ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RISK; PREGNANCY RATE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; CONDOMS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 43549104246     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2008.20.2.121     Document Type: Article

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