A cross cultural study of vaginal practices and sexuality: Implications for sexual health

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 392-400

  Martin Hilber, Adriane ^a   Hull, Terence H ^b   Preston Whyte, Eleanor ^c   Bagnol, Brigitte ^d   Smit, Jenni ^d   Wacharasin, Chintana ^e   Widyantoro, Ninuk ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c HIVAN(Centre for HIV/AIDS Networking)   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e BURAPHA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^f Women's Health Foundation   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Body; Sexual health; Sexuality; South east Asia; Southern Africa; Traditional medicine; Vaginal practices; Women

Indexed keywords

CLEANING BEHAVIOR; HYGIENE; PUBLIC HEALTH; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUALITY; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCT; FEMININITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; PERSONAL HYGIENE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; VAGINAL LAVAGE; WELLBEING; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INDONESIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MOZAMBIQUE; SEXUALITY; SOUTH AFRICA; THAILAND; VAGINAL DISEASES; VAGINAL DOUCHING; YOUNG ADULT;

BANGKOK; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; CHONBURI; INDONESIA; KRUNG THEP MAHANAKHON; KWAZULU-NATAL; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTH AFRICA; TETE; THAILAND; YOGYAKARTA;

EID: 73149121337     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.10.023     Document Type: Article

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