Gender relations and sexual communication among female students in the Mekong River Delta of Vietnam

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 591-601

  Bui, Thanh Cong ^a   Diamond, Pamela M ^a   Markham, Christine ^a   Ross, Michael W ^a   Nguyen Le, Thanh An ^b   Tran, Ly Hai Thi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^c PHAM NGOC THACH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Gender relations; Self efficacy; Sexuality; Vietnam; Young women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; STUDENT; VIET NAM; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL VALUES; STUDENTS; VIETNAM; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953938632     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691050902968769     Document Type: Article

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