Condom availability in high risk places and condom use: A study at district level in Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard ^a   Blystad, Astrid ^a   Shayo, Elizabeth H ^a,b   Makundi, Emmanuel ^b   Michelo, Charles ^c   Zulu, Joseph ^c   Byskov, Jens ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^d DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Condom availability; Condom distribution; Condom use; High risk places; HIV prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; TANZANIA; UTILIZATION REVIEW; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84871762035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1030     Document Type: Article

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