Managing men: Women's dilemmas about overt and covert use of barrier methods for HIV prevention

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 485-497

  MacPhail, Catherine ^a   Terris Prestholt, Fern ^b   Kumaranayake, Lilani ^b   Ngoako, Prudence ^c   Watts, Charlotte ^b   Rees, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c Progressus Res/Devmt Consult CC   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Barrier methods; Covert use; HIV prevention; South Africa

Indexed keywords

MICROBICIDE;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BARRIER CONTRACEPTION; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; UTERINE CERVIX CAP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CONDOMS; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTION, BARRIER; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES, FEMALE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68049139703     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050902803537     Document Type: Article

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