Health care seeking behaviour of patients with sexually transmitted diseases: Determinants of delay behaviour

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 263-274

  Meyer Weitz, A ^a   Reddy, P ^b   Van Den Borne, H W ^c   Kok, G ^c   Pietersen, J ^a  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Delay behaviour; Determinants; Health care seeking; STD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEWS; KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033788113     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(99)00103-2     Document Type: Article

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