Most HIV prevention strategies for African youth have been ineffective in changing key behaviors like condom use, partly because community antagonism and structural barriers have rarely been addressed. Through qualitative research in rural Western Kenya, we sought to describe the attitudes of different segments of society towards youth condom use and to identify where transitions may be occurring. We found that about half of community members strongly opposed youth condom use, with many advocating punishment such as beatings and expulsion. Our research revealed significant differences in attitudes by gender, with females generally more opposed to youth condom use. Health providers, teachers and male students seemed to be transitioning to mo...
The female condom is a dual protection tool for both prevention of HIV/AIDS transmission and concept...
ObjectiveVoluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV (VCT) and increasing access to male condoms are co...
Levels of heterosexually transmitted HIV infection are high amongst South African youth, with one re...
Most HIV prevention strategies for African youth have been ineffective in changing key behaviors lik...
Most HIV prevention strategies for African youth have been ineffective in changing key behaviors lik...
While studies have shown that the total number of new HIV / AIDS infections globally is on the decre...
Although several studies have emphasized the relevance of community level variables to AIDS preventi...
Abstract. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the region with the world’s highest rates of HIV and other sex...
This study aimed to examine perceptual factors associated with condom use, and the relationship betw...
While considerable attention has been paid to sexual behaviors among HIV high-risk populations in Af...
Background: The female condom is a dual protection tool for both prevention of HIV/Aids transmission...
The condom social marketing project is the largest component of the broader PSI/Kenya HIV/AIDS progr...
Levels of heterosexually transmitted HIV infection are high amongst South African youth, with one re...
Levels of heterosexually transmitted HIV infection are high amongst South African youth, with one re...
The twofold function of condom use – contraception and sexually transmitted disease protection – sho...
The female condom is a dual protection tool for both prevention of HIV/AIDS transmission and concept...
ObjectiveVoluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV (VCT) and increasing access to male condoms are co...
Levels of heterosexually transmitted HIV infection are high amongst South African youth, with one re...
Most HIV prevention strategies for African youth have been ineffective in changing key behaviors lik...
Most HIV prevention strategies for African youth have been ineffective in changing key behaviors lik...
While studies have shown that the total number of new HIV / AIDS infections globally is on the decre...
Although several studies have emphasized the relevance of community level variables to AIDS preventi...
Abstract. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the region with the world’s highest rates of HIV and other sex...
This study aimed to examine perceptual factors associated with condom use, and the relationship betw...
While considerable attention has been paid to sexual behaviors among HIV high-risk populations in Af...
Background: The female condom is a dual protection tool for both prevention of HIV/Aids transmission...
The condom social marketing project is the largest component of the broader PSI/Kenya HIV/AIDS progr...
Levels of heterosexually transmitted HIV infection are high amongst South African youth, with one re...
Levels of heterosexually transmitted HIV infection are high amongst South African youth, with one re...
The twofold function of condom use – contraception and sexually transmitted disease protection – sho...
The female condom is a dual protection tool for both prevention of HIV/AIDS transmission and concept...
ObjectiveVoluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV (VCT) and increasing access to male condoms are co...
Levels of heterosexually transmitted HIV infection are high amongst South African youth, with one re...