Targeted intervention research studies on sexually transmitted diseases (STD): Methodology, selected findings and implications for STD service delivery and communications

AIDS, Supplement

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1998, Pages

  Field, Mary Lyn ^a   Price, Jessica ^b   Niang, Cheikh ^c   N'tcha, Jean ^d   Zwane, Isabel T ^e   Lurie, Mark ^f   Nxumalo, Mamane ^e   Dialmy, Abdessamad ^g   Manhart, Lisa ^h   Gebre, Ayalew ⁱ   Saidel, Tobi ^a   Dallabetta, Gina ^a  

^a FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CHEIKH ANTA DIOP   (Senegal)

^d Ministry of Health   (Benin)

^e Faculty of Health Sciences   (Swaziland)

^f SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^g SIDI MOHAMED BEN ABDELLAH UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

ⁱ ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Access and evaluation; Health behavior; Health care quality; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARAB COUNTRIES; BENIN; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; EVALUATION; FRENCH SPEAKING AFRICA; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; INFECTIONS; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; MOROCCO; NORTHERN AFRICA; QUALITATIVE EVALUATION; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SENEGAL; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SOUTHERN AFRICA; STUDIES; SURVEY METHODOLOGY; SURVEYS; SWAZILAND; TREATMENT--DETERMINANTS; UTILIZATION OF HEALTH CARE; WESTERN AFRICA;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0031708153     PISSN: 13502840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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