HIV/AIDS-related social anxieties in adolescents in three african countries

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 313-320

  Venier, Jennifer L ^a   Ross, Michael W ^a   Akande, Adebowale ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Africa; HIV prevention; Social anxieties

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; KENYA; MALE; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; VARIANCE; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ASSERTIVENESS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; KENYA; MALE; NIGERIA; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0032008108     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(97)00153-6     Document Type: Article

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