Preference for dry sex, condom use and risk of STI among HIV-negative black women in the Western Cape province, South Africa

South African Journal of Science

Volumn 105, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 73-76

  Reddy, Priscilla ^a   Saleh Onoya, Dorina ^a   Sifunda, Sibusiso ^a   Lang, Delia ^b   Wingood, Gina ^b   Borne, Bart Van Den ^c   Ruiter, Robert A C ^c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Condom use; Dry sex; Gender role; Sexual behaviour; Sexually transmitted infections

Indexed keywords

BLACK POPULATION; CONDOM USE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GENDER ROLE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PREFERENCE BEHAVIOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; WOMENS HEALTH;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN CAPE;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

EID: 67049174153     PISSN: 00382353     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0038-23532009000100024     Document Type: Article

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