Condom-use skills checklist: A proxy for assessing condom-use knowledge and skills when direct observation is not possible

Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 406-413

  Stanton, B ^a   Deveaux, L ^b   Lunn, S ^b   Yu, S ^a   Brathwaite, N ^b   Li, X ^a   Cottrell, L ^c   Harris, C ^c   Clemens, R ^a   Marshall, S ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BAHAMAS MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Bahamas)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bahamas; Condom use; Interventions; Knowledge; Scale; Skills

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BAHAMAS; CHILD; CONDOM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; BAHAMAS; CHILD; CONDOMS; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 67649830565     PISSN: 16060997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/jhpn.v27i3.3383     Document Type: Article

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