Young women's use of a microbicide surrogate: The complex influence of relationship characteristics and perceived male partners' evaluations

Archives of Sexual Behavior

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 735-747

  Tanner, Amanda E ^a   Fortenberry, J Dennis ^b   Zimet, Gregory D ^b   Reece, Michael ^c   Graham, Cynthia A ^d   Murray, Maresa ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gender; HIV; Microbicides; Qualitative research; Relationships; STI; Women

Indexed keywords

AGENTS USED INTRAVAGINALLY; LUBRICATING AGENT; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COITUS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; COITUS; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LUBRICANTS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNITED STATES; VAGINAL CREAMS, FOAMS, AND JELLIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952094281     PISSN: 00040002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-008-9464-4     Document Type: Article

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