Factors influencing condom use among women in Ghana: An HIV/AIDS perspective

Sahara J

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 46-54

  Baiden, Phillip ^a   Rajulton, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Condom use; Ghana; Health belief model (HBM); HIV AIDS

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COITUS; CONDOM; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SAFE SEX; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COITUS; CONDOMS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SAFE SEX; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866182332     PISSN: 17290376     EISSN: 18134424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17290376.2011.9724985     Document Type: Article

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