Gender differences in unsafe sexual behavior among young people in urban Mali

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1014-1024

  Boileau, Catherine ^a   Zunzunegui, Maria Victoria ^b   Rashed, Sélim ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents and young adults; Condom use; Mutliple sexual partnerships; Sociocognitive factors; Urban West Africa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CONTROL; COGNITION; CONDOM; CULTURAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALI; MONEY; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COITUS; CONDOMS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALI; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNSAFE SEX; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70450189180     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120802626162     Document Type: Article

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