Attitudes about AIDS education and condom availability among parents of high school students in New York City: A focus group approach

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 14-30

  Rafferty, Yvonne ^b   Radosh, Alice ^a  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONDOM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT; POLICY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENTS; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; BARRIER METHODS; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EDUCATION; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY PLANNING; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV INFECTIONS; NEW YORK; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PARENTS; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROGRAMS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SCHOOLS; SECONDARY SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; VIRAL DISEASES; YOUTH;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOMS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PARENTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; STUDENTS;

EID: 0030887298     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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