A nationally representative survey of healthcare provider counselling and provision of the female condom in south africa and zimbabwe

BMJ Open

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Holt, Kelsey ^a   Blanchard, Kelly ^b   Chipato, Tsungai ^c   Nhemachena, Taazadza ^c   Blum, Maya ^d   Stratton, Laura ^d   Morar, Neetha ^e   Ramjee, Gita ^e   Harper, Cynthia C ^d  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b IBIS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONDOM; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HORMONAL CONTRACEPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROBABILITY SAMPLE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84876138073     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2012-002208     Document Type: Article

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