An HIV/AIDS Prevention Project for Mexican Homosexual Men: An Empowerment Approach

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 177-190

  Zimmerman, Marc A ^a   Ramirez Valles, Jesus ^a   Suarez, Enrique ^b   De La Rosa, Graciela ^b   Castro, Marco A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Mex Fed Priv Associations C   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; BISEXUALITY; CONTROL; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEXICO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; BISEXUALITY; ETHNIC GROUPS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MEXICO; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 0031116395     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/109019819702400206     Document Type: Article

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