Measurement of condom use is important to assess progress in increasing use. Since 2003,
the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and AIDS Indicator Surveys (AIS) have …

Background Behavioral change approaches for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
prevention in Tanzania encourage married partners to observe safe sex practices (condom …

Traditional Vietnamese culture places women in a subordinate position, rendering them
disadvantaged in the negotiation of sexual and contraceptive decisionmaking. Drawing on …

We comment here on the implications of new HIV prevention technologies (physical and
chemical barriers) for women's health and women's rights. Four relevant themes are …

Background Previous literature reports that low male partner support is a barrier to women's
adherence and retention in HIV care programs. Objective This qualitative study explored the …

Objective: Poor knowledge of sexual partners' HIV status is a major contributing factor in the
heterosexual spread of HIV in Canada. This study examined knowledge of sexual partner's …

Literature on the links between polygamy and HIV and AIDS is limited and the findings
inconclusive. Literature to date in Sub-Saharan Africa has relied mainly on case–control …

Findings from a study designed to discover how local understanding of malaria among Yao
in Malawi relate to pregnancy risk definitions reveal that malaria in pregnancy is not …

There is no doubt that Sub-Saharan African countries face major problems due to the
HIV/AIDS pandemic that has ravaged the region. Yet the Eurocentric construction of the …

The previous chapters of this book have shown that a society's institutional frameworks and
cultural repertoires have a major impact on population health. But, as Hertzman and Saddiqi …