AIDS health beliefs and intention for sexual abstinence among male adolescent students in Kathmandu, Nepal: A test of perceived severity and susceptibility

Public Health

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 64-72

  Iriyama, Shigemi ^a   Nakahara, Shinji ^a   Jimba, Masamine ^a   Ichikawa, Masao ^a   Wakai, Susumu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Abstinence intention; Adolescent students; Health Belief Model; HIV AIDS; Male; Nepal

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HEALTH BELIEF; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NEPAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; NEPAL; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL ABSTINENCE; STUDENTS;

ASIA; BAGMATI; EURASIA; KATHMANDU; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 33845915386     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.08.016     Document Type: Article

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