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Title Condom use and the popular press in Nigeria
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/1885/41257
Date 1993
Author(s) Renne, Elisha P.
Abstract The increased acceptability and use of condoms by men in southwestern Nigeria is reflected in joking references to condoms in the comic-style popular press. Yet these references display an ambivalence about condoms that is mirrored in survey data and in interviews regarding condom use by rural Ekiti Yoruba men. This ambivalence, which is often couched in terms of health, has implications for the acceptance of government-sponsored HIV/AIDS-related educational programs. Because of the irreverence of comic-style newspapers and the 'unofficial' nature of their authority which coincides with popular attitudes about health programs, they have a credibility that could be useful in educating adolescents about sexually-transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS. - no
Subject(s) condoms; Nigeria; popular press; Ekiti Yoruba; HIV/AIDS; sexually transmitted diseases; comic-style newspapers; educational programs; mdcn-pblc
Language en_AU
Publisher Health Transition Centre, National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University
Type of publication pjournal
Format 45711 bytes; application/pdf
Rights yes
Identifier apr; 1; 41-56; Health Transition Review; 3; 1993; 396
Repository Canberra - Australian National University
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