'The study has taught me to be supportive of her': Empowering women and involving men in microbicide research

Culture, Health and Sexuality

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 181-194

  Venables, Emilie ^a   Stadler, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

clinical trials; men; microbicides; research participation; South Africa

Indexed keywords

AGENTS USED INTRAVAGINALLY; PLACEBO; TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; TANZANIA; UGANDA; ZAMBIA;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DECISION MAKING; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PLACEBOS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); SEXUAL PARTNERS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA; TANZANIA; UGANDA; VAGINAL CREAMS, FOAMS, AND JELLIES; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84859153324     PISSN: 13691058     EISSN: 14645351     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2011.630757     Document Type: Article

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