The female condom: Effectiveness and convenience, not "female control," valued by U.S. urban adolescents

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 160-170

  Latka, Mary H ^a,d   Kapadia, Farzana ^b,d   Fortin, Princess ^c,d  

^a AURUM INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^b GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c New York City Department of Health

^d NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BOY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GIRL; HUMAN; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SAFE SEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL COUNSELING; SOCIAL CARE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONDOMS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY;

EID: 43549115018     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2008.20.2.160     Document Type: Article

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