The efficacy of the health belief model for predicting condom usage and risky sexual practices in university students

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 551-563

  Lollis, Charlie M ^a   Johnson, Ernest H ^a   Antoni, Michael H ^b  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONDOM; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HETEROSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VARIANCE;

AMERICAS; BARRIER METHODS; BEHAVIOR; BIOLOGY; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE METHODS; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EDUCATION; FAMILY PLANNING; MULTIPLE PARTNERS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHERN AMERICA; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PREMARITAL SEX BEHAVIOR--DETERMINANTS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK BEHAVIOR; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCHOOLS; SEX BEHAVIOR; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; STUDENTS; STUDIES; SURVEYS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS;

EID: 0031450896     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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