Achieving the Optimal Vaginal State: Using Vaginal Products and Study Gels in Uganda, Zimbabwe, and South Africa
Achieving the Optimal Vaginal State: Using Vaginal Products and Study Gels in Uganda, Zimbabwe, and South Africa
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DOI：
10.1080/19317611.2017.1297754
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发表时间：
2017-01-01
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2
通讯作者：
van der Straten, Ariane
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作者：
Duby, Zoe;Mensch, Barbara;van der Straten, Ariane
与阴道状况相关的偏好和做法会对阴道艾滋病毒预防产品的使用产生影响。作者使用定性方法探讨了南非、乌干达和津巴布韦先前参加过生物医学艾滋病毒预防试验的女性中与阴道状态相关的叙述。他们调查了女性与优化阴道状态相关的行为、凝胶对阴道状态和阴茎-阴道性交影响的体验和看法、女性对男性伴侣看法的叙述，以及与阴道状态相关的偏好如何影响凝胶的使用。
Preferences and practices related to the vaginal condition have implications for the use of vaginal HIV prevention products. The authors used qualitative methods to explore narratives relating to the vaginal state amongst women in South Africa, Uganda, and Zimbabwe who had previously participated in a biomedical HIV prevention trial. They investigated women's behaviors related to optimizing the vaginal state, experiences and perceptions of the gel's effect on the vaginal state and on penile-vaginal intercourse, women's narratives on male partner perceptions, and how preferences relating to the vaginal state may have interfered with gel use.