Impact of peer group education on HIV prevention among women in Botswana

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 210-226

  Norr, Kathleen F ^a   Norr, James L ^a   McElmurry, Beverly J ^a   Tlou, Sheila ^b   Moeti, Matshidiso R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^c WHO Regional Office for Africa   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSAFETY; BOTSWANA; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUP PSYCHOLOGY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BOTSWANA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PEER GROUP; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 1542475481     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330490272723     Document Type: Article

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