A qualitative study of obstacles to diaphragm and condom use in an HIV prevention trial in sub-Saharan Africa.

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Published in AIDS Educ Prev on February 01, 2012

Authors

Deborah Kacanek1, Amanda Dennis, Nuriye Nalan Sahin-Hodoglugil, Elizabeth T Montgomery, Neetha Morar, Sibongile Mtetwa, Busi Nkala, Jessica Phillip, Connie Watadzaushe, Ariane van der Straten, Mira Team

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA. dkacanek@gmail.com

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