STD-related knowledge, beliefs and attitudes of Xhosa-speaking patients attending STD primary health-care clinics in South Africa

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 392-400

  Reddy, Priscilla ^a   Meyer Weitz, Anna ^b   Van den Borne, Bart ^c   Kok, Gerjo ^c  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Beliefs; Health education; Knowledge; Patients; STDs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ATTITUDE; BEHAVIOR; BELIEFS; CULTURE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; INFECTIONS; KNOWLEDGE; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; REPRODUCTIVE TRACT INFECTIONS; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CONDOMS; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032969495     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/0956462991914311     Document Type: Article

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