Document 0835
 DOCN  M9460835
 TI    HIV infection and the meaning of condoms.
 DT    9404
 AU    Pivnick A; Women's Center, Department of Epidemiology & Social
       Medicine,; Montefiore Medical Center, New York, NY 10467.
 SO    Cult Med Psychiatry. 1993 Dec;17(4):431-53. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
       MED/94155609
 AB    Present day meanings associated with condom use among drug-using women
       and their long term sexual partners include: loss of male protection;
       violations of constructions of intimacy, fidelity, conjugal bonding, and
       female identity; illness; and death. Efforts to change condom use
       patterns must be based on increased vocational, educational, and social
       opportunities for women. HIV prevention efforts might profit from the
       design of safer sex interventions informed by the above meanings;
       intensified mass media campaigns; and a re-contextualization of
       attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs.
 DE    Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/
       PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Adult  *Condoms  Female  Gender Identity
       Heroin Dependence/COMPLICATIONS/PSYCHOLOGY/REHABILITATION  Human  HIV
       Infections/*PREVENTION & CONTROL/PSYCHOLOGY/TRANSMISSION  Infant
       Infant, Newborn  Internal-External Control  *Knowledge, Attitudes,
       Practice  Male  Methadone/THERAPEUTIC USE  Middle Age
       *Poverty/PSYCHOLOGY  Pregnancy  Self-Help Groups  Sexual
       Partners/PSYCHOLOGY  Social Environment  Substance Abuse,
       Intravenous/COMPLICATIONS/PSYCHOLOGY/  REHABILITATION  Support, Non-U.S.
       Gov't  Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.  JOURNAL ARTICLE

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