Using focus groups to investigate the educational needs of female injecting heroin users in Taiwan in relation to HIV/AIDS prevention

Health Education Research

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-65

  Lee, Tony Szu Hsien ^a   Fu, Li An ^b   Fleming, Paul ^b  

^a NATIONAL DEFENSE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; CONDOM; CONFIDENTIALITY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG USE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NEEDLE; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; STIGMA; SUICIDE; TAIWAN;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEROIN; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PRISONERS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TAIWAN;

EID: 32644452363     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyh041     Document Type: Article

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