Cult Health Sex. 2008 Aug;10(6):573-85. doi: 10.1080/13691050801999071. Vaginal practices: eroticism and implications for women’s health and condom use in Mozambique. Bagnol B, Mariano E. Department of Anthropology, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa. bagnolbrigitte@icon.co.za ABSTRACT This paper analyses two female sexual practices in Tete Province, Mozambique: (1) the practice of elongating the labia minora andContinue reading “Vaginal practices: eroticism and implications for women’s health and condom use in Mozambique.”
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Vaginal practices as women’s agency in sub-Saharan Africa: a synthesis of meaning and motivation through meta-ethnography.
Soc Sci Med. 2012 May;74(9):1311-23. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.11.032. Epub 2012 Jan 28. Vaginal practices as women’s agency in sub-Saharan Africa: a synthesis of meaning and motivation through meta-ethnography. Martin Hilber A, Kenter E, Redmond S, Merten S, Bagnol B, Low N, Garside R. University of Bern, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Finkenhubelweg 11, CH-3012 Bern,Continue reading “Vaginal practices as women’s agency in sub-Saharan Africa: a synthesis of meaning and motivation through meta-ethnography.”
Intravaginal practices, bacterial vaginosis, and women’s susceptibility to HIV infection: epidemiological evidence and biological mechanisms.
Lancet Infect Dis. 2005 Dec;5(12):786-94. Intravaginal practices, bacterial vaginosis, and women’s susceptibility to HIV infection: epidemiological evidence and biological mechanisms. Myer L, Kuhn L, Stein ZA, Wright TC Jr, Denny L Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Unit, School of Public Health and Family Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. lmyer@cormack.uct.ac.za ABSTRACT Intravaginal practices suchContinue reading “Intravaginal practices, bacterial vaginosis, and women’s susceptibility to HIV infection: epidemiological evidence and biological mechanisms.”
Traditional intravaginal practices and the heterosexual transmission of disease: a review.
Sex Transm Dis. 2000 Apr;27(4):183-7. Traditional intravaginal practices and the heterosexual transmission of disease: a review. Brown JE, Brown RC Community Health Department Chogoria Hospital, Kenya. ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE: To review reports on the use and effects of traditional intravaginal substances and practices. METHOD: The medical and social science literature of the past 50 years regarding use andContinue reading “Traditional intravaginal practices and the heterosexual transmission of disease: a review.”
In search of sexual pleasure and fidelity: vaginal practices in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
Cult Health Sex. 2009 Apr;11(3):267-83. In search of sexual pleasure and fidelity: vaginal practices in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Scorgie F, Kunene B, Smit JA, Manzini N, Chersich MF, Preston-Whyte EM. Centre for HIV/AIDS Network (HIVAN), University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. fscorgie@gmail.com ABSTRACT Vaginal practices, such as intra-vaginal cleansing, drying and tightening, are suspected of placingContinue reading “In search of sexual pleasure and fidelity: vaginal practices in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.”
Predictors of vaginal practices for sex and hygiene in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: findings of a household survey and qualitative inquiry.
Cult Health Sex. 2011 Apr;13(4):381-98. Predictors of vaginal practices for sex and hygiene in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: findings of a household survey and qualitative inquiry. Scorgie F, Smit JA, Kunene B, Martin-Hilber A, Beksinska M, Chersich MF Maternal, Adolescent and Child Health, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. fscorgie@match.org.zaContinue reading “Predictors of vaginal practices for sex and hygiene in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa: findings of a household survey and qualitative inquiry.”
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