The relative role of perceived partner risks in promoting condom use in a three-city sample of high-risk, low-income women

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1347-1358

  Ober, Allison J ^a   Iguchi, Martin Y ^b,c   Weiss, Robert E ^c   Gorbach, Pamina M ^c   Heimer, Robert ^d   Ouellet, Lawrence J ^e   Shoptaw, Steven ^f   Anglin, M Douglas ^a   Zule, William A ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Condom use; Crack; HIV transmission to women; Perceptions of partner HIV risk behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855178690     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-010-9840-7     Document Type: Article

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