The importance of male partner involvement for women's acceptability and adherence to female-initiated HIV prevention methods in Zimbabwe

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 959-969

  Montgomery, Elizabeth T ^a,b   Van Der Straten, Ariane ^a,c   Chidanyika, Agnes ^d   Chipato, Tsungai ^d   Jaffar, Shabbar ^b   Padian, Nancy ^e  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Adherence; Couples; Female initiated methods; HIV prevention; Male involvement; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMALE CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES, FEMALE; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 80052046041     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-010-9806-9     Document Type: Article

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