Blockage and flow: Intimate experiences of condoms and microbicides in a South African clinical trial

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 31-44

  Stadler, Jonathan ^a   Saethre, Eirik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Condoms; HIV; Microbicides; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDOM; FEMALE; GEL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CONDOMS; FEMALE; GELS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649481371     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2010.511270     Document Type: Article

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