Menstrual Needs and Associations with Sexual and Reproductive Risks in Rural Kenyan Females: A Cross-Sectional Behavioral Survey Linked with HIV Prevalence

Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 801-811

  Phillips Howard, Penelope A ^a,b   Otieno, George ^b   Burmen, Barbara ^b   Otieno, Frederick ^b,c   Odongo, Frederick ^b   Odour, Clifford ^b   Nyothach, Elizabeth ^b   Amek, Nyanguara ^b   Zielinski Gutierrez, Emily ^d   Odhiambo, Frank ^b   Zeh, Clement ^d   Kwaro, Daniel ^b   Mills, Lisa A ^d   Laserson, Kayla F ^d  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^c NYANZA REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SOCIETY   (Kenya)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FEMININE HYGIENE PRODUCT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; KENYAN; MARRIAGE; MARRIED PERSON; MENSTRUAL PAD; MENSTRUATION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SANITARY PAD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TOILET PAPER; TRANSACTIONAL SEX; ADOLESCENT; CLASSIFICATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; KENYA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MENSTRUAL HYGIENE PRODUCTS; MENSTRUATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945564763     PISSN: 15409996     EISSN: 1931843X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jwh.2014.5031     Document Type: Article

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