Condom use among low-literate, rural females in Ethiopia: The role of vulnerability to HIV infection, condom attitude, and self-efficacy

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 851-857

  Bogale, G W ^a,b   Boer, H ^b   Seydel, E R ^b  

^a Educational Media Agency   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

condom use; Ethiopia; females; low literate; psychosocial determinants

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; CONDOM; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INTERVIEW; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; RURAL AREA; SELF CONCEPT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SELF EFFICACY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954742099     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120903483026     Document Type: Article

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