In search of sexual pleasure and fidelity: Vaginal practices in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 11, Issue 3 SPEC. ISS., 2009, Pages 267-283

  Scorgie, Fiona ^a   Kunene, Busisiwe ^b   Smit, Jennifer A ^b   Manzini, Ntsiki F ^a   Chersich, Matthew ^b,c   Preston Whyte, Eleanor M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c International Centre for Reproductive Health Kenya   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Gender; Migration; South Africa; Traditional medicines; Vaginal practices

Indexed keywords

CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUAL SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; SOUTH AFRICA; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; URBAN AREA; VAGINA SECRETION; VAGINAL DRYNESS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL CONTROL; VAGINA;

CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOUTH AFRICA; VAGINA;

EID: 67649972868     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050802395915     Document Type: Conference Paper

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