What the better half is thinking: A comparison of men’s and women’s responses and agreement between spouses regarding reported sexual and reproductive behaviors in Rwanda

Psychology Research and Behavior Management

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages 47-58

  Hageman, Kathy M ^a   Karita, Etienne ^b   Kayitenkore, Kayitesi ^b   Bayingana, Roger ^b   van der Straten, Ariane ^c   Stephenson, Rob ^d   Conkling, Martha ^e   Tichacek, Amanda ^a   Mwananyanda, Lawrence ^e   Kilembe, William ^e   Haworth, Alan ^f   Chomba, Elwyn ^f   Allen, Susan A ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RTI International ^*  (Rwanda)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Zambia Emory HIV Research Project   (Zambia)

^f UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Agreement and disagreement; Condom use; Counseling and testing; Couples; HIV; Pregnancy; Sexual behavior

Indexed keywords

BIRTH CONTROL; CHILD; COHABITING PERSON; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONDOM USE; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GENDER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUSBAND; MALE; MARRIED MAN; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RWANDA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; THINKING; WIFE;

EID: 85010739012     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/PRBM.S4910     Document Type: Article

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