Adolescent reproductive health and awareness of HIV among rural high school students, North Western Ethiopia

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 57-68

  Alene, G D ^a   Wheeler, J G ^b   Grosskurth, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STUDENT; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AWARENESS; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; RURAL HEALTH; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STUDENTS;

EID: 1642539170     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120310001633976     Document Type: Article

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