The effect of question format on measured HIV/AIDS knowledge: Detention center teens, high school students, and adults

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 187-198

  Bruine De Bruin, Wändi ^a   Fischhoff, Baruch ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GROUP DYNAMICS; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; SCORING SYSTEM; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RED CROSS; STUDENTS; SUBURBAN POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033930373     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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