Racial and ethnic differences in men's knowledge and attitudes about contraception

Contraception

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 532-538

  Borrero, Sonya ^a,b   Farkas, Amy ^c   Dehlendorf, Christine ^d   Rocca, Corinne H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Contraception; Disparities; Knowledge; Men; Race

Indexed keywords

ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BIRTH CONTROL; CAUCASIAN; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FEMALE STERILIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE STERILIZATION; RACE DIFFERENCE;

ATTITUDES; CONTRACEPTION; DISPARITIES; KNOWLEDGE; MEN; RACE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SINGLE PERSON; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884208081     PISSN: 00107824     EISSN: 18790518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.contraception.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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