The learning curve: Health education in STI clinics in South Africa

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1445-1453

  Reddy, Priscilla ^a   Meyer Weitz, Anna ^b   Van Den Borne, Bart ^c   Kok, Gerjo ^c   Weijts, Wies ^c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Health education; Health workers; South Africa; STI clinics

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; LEARNING; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PHILOSOPHY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032211288     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(98)00230-5     Document Type: Article

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