A controlled HIV/AIDS-related health education programme in Managua, Nicaragua

AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 537-544

  Pauw, Johanna ^a   Ferrie, Jane ^b   Rivera Villegas, Rosaura ^a   Medrano Martínez, Josefina ^c   Gorter, Anna ^a   Egger, Matthias ^d  

^a Trabajadores para la Educacion   (Nicaragua)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Sistema Loc Atencion Intg Salud C   (Nicaragua)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

AIDS; Behaviour change; Central America; HIV prevention; Knowledge attitudes practices; Nicaragua; Risk reduction

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDOM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NICARAGUA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; STATISTICAL MODEL; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 0029986822     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199605000-00014     Document Type: Article

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