Acceptability and use of the female condom and diaphragm among sex workers in Dominican Republic: Results from a prospective study

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 538-551

  Lara, Diana K ^a,b   Grossman, Daniel A ^b   Muñoz, Jhoanne E ^c   Rosario, Santo R ^d   Gómez, Bayardo J ^e   García, Sandra G ^a  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (Mexico)

^b IBIS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (United States)

^c Centro Médico Santiago Apostol   (Dominican Republic)

^d Centro de Orientación e Investigación Integral COIN Santo Domingo   (Dominican Republic)

^e Centro de Promoción y Solidaridad Humana   (Dominican Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; FEMALE WORKER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROSTITUTION; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL COUNSELING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UTERINE CERVIX CAP;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; CONDOMS; CONDOMS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES, FEMALE; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTITUTION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VAGINAL CREAMS, FOAMS, AND JELLIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74249084491     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2009.21.6.538     Document Type: Article

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