Zimbabwean teenagers' knowledge of AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 76-81

  Kasule, J ^b   Mbizvo, M T ^b   Gupta, V ^b   Fusakaniko, S ^b   Mwateba, R ^a   Mpanju Shumbusho, W ^a   Kinoti, S H ^a   Padachy, J ^b  

^a Cmw Regional Health Secretariat   (Tanzania)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENTS; AIDS AWARENESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTRACEPTION; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HERPES; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; REPRODUCTION; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; ZIMBABWE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENTS; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; COMMUNICATION; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; HIV INFECTIONS; INFECTIONS; KNOWLEDGE; MISINFORMATION; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STUDIES; SURVEYS; VIRAL DISEASES; YOUTH; ZIMBABWE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STUDENTS; ZIMBABWE;

ZIMBABWE;

HERPES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 0030876337     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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