Acceptance of HIV testing among African-American college students at a historically black university in the south

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1912-1916

  Payne, Nanetta S ^a   Beckwith, Curt G ^b   Davis, Melvin ^a   Flanigan, Timothy ^b   Simmons, Emma M ^b   Crockett, Kathy ^a   Ratcliff, Tanya M ^a   Brown, Larry K ^b   Sly, Kaye F ^a  

^a JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; HIV AIDS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; COLLEGE; COLLEGE STUDENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV TESTING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEGRO; NORMAL HUMAN; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; STUDENT HEALTH SERVICES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845631924     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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