AIDS-related knowledge and misconceptions among high secondary school teachers and students in Kassala, Sudan

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 295-297

  Elzubier, A G ^a,c   El Nour, M H ^b   Ansari, E H H ^b  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Ministry of Health   (Sudan)

^c NONE   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENTS; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; ARAB COUNTRIES; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISEASES; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JUVENILE; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MISINFORMATION; NORTHERN AFRICA; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SCHOOL TEACHERS; SECONDARY SCHOOLS; STUDENT; SUDAN; UNIVERSITY; VIRAL DISEASES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENTS; AFRICA; AGE FACTORS; ARAB COUNTRIES; BIOLOGY; COMMUNICATION; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EDUCATION; HIV INFECTIONS; KNOWLEDGE; MISINFORMATION; NORTHERN AFRICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOL TEACHERS; SCHOOLS; SECONDARY SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; SUDAN; VIRAL DISEASES; YOUTH;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACULTY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; STUDENTS; SUDAN;

EID: 0030140472     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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