Influence of culture on contraceptive utilization among HIV-positive women in Brazil, Kenya, and South Africa

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 454-468

  Todd, Catherine S ^f   Stibich, Mark A ^a   Laher, Fatima ^b   Malta, Monica S ^c   Bastos, Francisco I ^c,d   Imbuki, Kennedy ^e   Shaffer, Douglas N ^e   Sinei, Samuel K ^e   Gray, Glenda E ^b  

^a Lacuna Projects   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Walter Reed Project   (Kenya)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Condom use; Contraception; Fertility desire; Future fertility; HIV; Menstruation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; CONTRACEPTION; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MALE; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOUTH AFRICA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAZIL; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; MALE; MENSTRUATION; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951672348     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-010-9848-z     Document Type: Article

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