A Peer-Led AIDS Prevention Program for Students in an Alternative School

Journal of School Health

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 176-182

  O'Hara, Peggy ^a   Messick, Barbara J ^a   Fichtner, Ronald R ^b   Parris, Don ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENTS; AGE; ARTICLE; BARRIER METHODS; BEHAVIOR; CLINIC ACTIVITIES; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; COUNSELING; COUNSELORS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DISEASES; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV INFECTIONS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; HUMAN; INFECTIONS; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JUVENILE; KNOWLEDGE SOURCES; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER GROUP; PEER GROUPS; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; PROGRAM ACTIVITIES; PROGRAMS; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH REPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SECONDARY SCHOOLS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STUDENT; STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VIRAL DISEASES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

ADOLESCENTS; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BARRIER METHODS; BEHAVIOR; CLINIC ACTIVITIES; COMMUNICATION; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; COUNSELING; COUNSELORS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES; FAMILY PLANNING; FLORIDA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV INFECTIONS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; INFECTIONS; KNOWLEDGE SOURCES; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PEER GROUPS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PROGRAM ACTIVITIES; PROGRAMS; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SCHOOLS; SECONDARY SCHOOLS; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; STUDENTS; STUDIES; UNITED STATES; VIRAL DISEASES; YOUTH;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PLANNING; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STUDENT DROPOUTS;

EID: 0030147999     PISSN: 00224391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1996.tb06271.x     Document Type: Article

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