A multi-level model of condom use among male and female upper primary school students in Nyanza, Kenya

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 616-625

  Maticka Tyndale, Eleanor ^a   Tenkorang, Eric Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Communities; Condom use; Gender; HIV AIDS; Kenya; Schools; Youth

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CONDOM USE; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ETHNICITY; GENDER ISSUE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NUMERICAL MODEL; RISK PERCEPTION; STUDENT; YOUNG POPULATION;

ABSTINENCE; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; LITERATURE; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREDICTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCHOOLS; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

KENYA; NYANZA;

EID: 77954030089     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2010.03.049     Document Type: Article

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