Barriers to condom use among women at risk of HIV/AIDS: A qualitative study from Iran

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Lotfi, Razieh ^a   Tehrani, Fahimeh R ^b   Yaghmaei, Farideh ^a   Hajizadeh, Ebrahim ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Barriers; Condom; HIV; Qualitative research; Sexual behavior; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IRAN; PERCEPTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STIGMA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CONDOMS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IRAN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; WOMEN'S RIGHTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861332768     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-12-13     Document Type: Article

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