HIV risk behaviors, intentions, and perceptions among Namibian youth as assessed by a theory-based questionnaire

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 132-149

  Stanton, Bonita F ^a   Fitzgerald, Ann M ^b   Li, Xiaoming ^a   Shipena, Hannu ^b   Ricardo, Izabel B ^a   Galbraith, Jennifer S ^a   Terreri, Nancy ^b   Strijdom, Johan ^c   Hangula Ndlovu, Victoria ^d   Kahihuata, Joshua ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNICEF   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAMIBIA   (Namibia)

^d Western Health Center ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONDOM; CULTURAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; NAMIBIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENTS; AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE FACTORS; BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASES; EDUCATION; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; EVALUATION; GOALS; HIV INFECTIONS; METHODOLOGICAL STUDIES; NAMIBIA; ORGANIZATION AND ADMINISTRATION; PERCEPTION; PLANNING; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS; QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK BEHAVIOR; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOUTHERN AFRICA; STUDENTS; STUDIES; SURVEY METHODOLOGY; SURVEYS; VIRAL DISEASES; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NAMIBIA; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SELF EFFICACY; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER; TRANSLATING; WESTERN WORLD;

EID: 0033005877     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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