Integrating Buddhism and HIV prevention in U.S. Southeast Asian communities

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 100-121

  Loue, Sana ^a   Lane, Sandra D ^b   Lloyd, Linda S ^c   Loh, Leng ^d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c San Diego Hospice   (United States)

^d Technical Assistance Program   (United States)

Author keywords

Buddhism; Ethics; HIV prevention; Religion

Indexed keywords

ASIAN AMERICAN; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RELIGION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOUTHEAST ASIA; UNITED STATES;

ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BUDDHISM; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033071797     PISSN: 10492089     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/hpu.2010.0749     Document Type: Article

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