Finding health and AIDS information in the mass media: An exploratory study among Chinese college students

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 564-584

  Walsh Childers, Kim ^b   Treise, Debbie ^c   Swain, Kristie Alley ^c   Dai, Shiyan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; COLLEGE STUDENT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; NORMAL HUMAN; TELECOMMUNICATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; ASIA; BEHAVIOR; CHINA; COMMUNICATION; COMMUNICATION PROGRAMS; DATA COLLECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN ASIA; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; INFORMATION; KNOWLEDGE SOURCES; MASS MEDIA; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; VIRAL DISEASES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CHINA; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS MEDIA; STUDENTS;

EID: 0031464416     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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