The measurement of condom use in four countries in east and Southern Africa

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1044-1053

  Reynolds, Heidi W ^a   Luseno, Winnie K ^b,c   Speizer, Ilene S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^c PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Condoms utilization; Eastern and Southern Africa; Measurement; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COITUS; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAMIBIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; SWAZILAND; TANZANIA; UTILIZATION REVIEW; ZAMBIA;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COITUS; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NAMIBIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SWAZILAND; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84863727504     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0146-9     Document Type: Review

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