Degrees of disclosure: A study of women's covert use of the diaphragm in an HIV prevention trial in sub-Saharan Africa

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1547-1555

  Sahin Hodoglugil, Nuriye Nalan ^a   van der Straten, Ariane ^b,c   Cheng, Helen ^b   Montgomery, Elizabeth T ^b,h   Kacanek, Deborah ^d   Mtetwa, Sibongile ^e   Morar, Neetha ^f   Munyoro, Jane ^g   Padian, Nancy ^b  

^a TOURO UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d IBIS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (United States)

^e UZ UCSF Collaborative Program in Women's Health   (Zimbabwe)

^f SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^g Perinatal HIV Research Unit   (South Africa)

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

Author keywords

Covert use; Diaphragm; Female initiated methods; HIV prevention; South Africa; Women; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE CONTROL; GENDER ISSUE; GENDER ROLE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; WOMENS HEALTH; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDOM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREDICTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOUTH AFRICA; UTERINE CERVIX CAP; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES, FEMALE; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 71149111686     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.08.014     Document Type: Article

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