Promoting Behavior Change in Botswana: An Assessment of the Peer Education HIV/AIDS Prevention Program at the Workplace

Journal of Health Communication

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 267-281

  Hope Sr , Kempe Ronald ^a  

^a United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Addis Ababa   (Ethiopia)

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RATE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORKPLACE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BOTSWANA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER GROUP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; BOTSWANA; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PEER GROUP; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0042202304     PISSN: 10810730     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10810730305685     Document Type: Review

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