The impact of socio-cultural context on young people's condom use: Evidence from two Pacific Island countries

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 313-326

  McMillan, Karen ^a   Worth, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Condoms; Culture; Pacific; Tonga; Vanuatu; Young people

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TONGA; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VANUATU;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; CULTURE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TONGA; VANUATU; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79251605879     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2010.529945     Document Type: Article

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