Knowledge about sexually transmitted diseases in rural and periurban communities of the Asaro Valley of Eastern Highlands Province: The health education component of an STD study

Papua and New Guinea Medical Journal

Volumn , Issue 3, 1996, Pages 243-247

  Lupiwa, Sebeya ^a   Suve, Nathan ^a   Horton, Karen ^b   Passey, Megan ^a  

^a PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^b Division of Health   (Papua New Guinea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BARRIER METHODS; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISEASES; EDUCATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFECTIONS; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MELANESIA; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POPULATION; POPULATION AND POPULATION RELATED PHENOMENA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACTION RESEARCH; BARRIER METHODS; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNITY; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EDUCATION; FAMILY PLANNING; GEOGRAPHIC FACTORS; HEALTH EDUCATION; INFECTIONS; KNOWLEDGE; MELANESIA; OCEANIA; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; URBAN POPULATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 0030223247     PISSN: 00311480     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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