Everywhere you go, everyone is saying condom, condom. but are they being used consistently? Reflections of South African male students about male and female condom use

Health Education Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 859-871

  Mantell, Joanne E ^a   Smit, Jennifer A ^b,c   Beksinska, Mags ^b   Scorgie, Fiona ^b   Milford, Cecilia ^b   Balch, Erin ^d   Mabude, Zonke ^b   Smith, Emily ^a   Adams Skinner, Jessica ^a   Exner, Theresa M ^a   Hoffman, Susie ^a,e   Stein, Zena A ^a,e  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^e Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUALITY; SOUTH AFRICA; UNWANTED PREGNANCY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; CONDOMS, FEMALE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, UNWANTED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052773990     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyr041     Document Type: Article

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