The health belief model, sexual behaviors, and HIV risk among Taiwanese immigrants

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 469-483

  Lin, Peter ^a   Simoni, Jane M ^b   Zemon, Vance ^c  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DATA COLLECTION; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TAIWAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 27744515375     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: 08999546     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2005.17.5.469     Document Type: Article

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