Evaluation of an AIDS training program for traditional healers in the Central African Republic

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 558-564

  Somsé, Pierre ^a   Chapko, Michael K ^b,d   Wata, Jean B ^c   Bondha, Pascal ^a   Gonda, Benoit ^a   Johnson, Diana ^b   Downer, Ann ^b   Kimball, Ann Marie ^b  

^a Ministry of Health   (Central African Republic)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^c Ministry of Defense   (Central African Republic)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; COMMUNITY; CONDOM; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRAINING;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0032410524     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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