Health care providers: A missing link in understanding acceptability of the female condom

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-77

  Mantell, Joanne E ^a   West, Brooke S ^b   Sue, Kimberly ^c   Hoffman, Susie ^b   Exner, Theresa M ^a   Kelvin, Elizabeth ^a   Stein, Zena A ^a,d  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONDOM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREGNANCY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRAINING;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONDOMS, FEMALE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 79952221865     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2011.23.1.65     Document Type: Article

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