"Getting AIDS: Not in my back yard." Results from a national knowledge, attitudes and practices survey

Israel Medical Association Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 610-614

  Chemtob, Daniel ^a,c   Damelin, Beverley ^a   Bessudo Manor, Niva ^a   Hassman, Rommey ^b   Amikam, Yair ^a   Zenilman, Jonathan M ^c   Tamir, Dov ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^b Israel AIDS Task Force   (Israel)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral surveys; Human immunodeficiency virus; Migration; Safe sex; Sexually transmitted infection

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; ATTITUDE TO SEXUALITY; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INSECT BITE; INTERVIEW; INTRAUTERINE INFECTION; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; MULTIPARA; NEEDLE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SAFE SEX; SAMPLE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TELEPHONE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC OPINION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL;

EID: 33749042794     PISSN: 15651088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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