Using theatrical presentations as a means of disseminating knowledge of HIV/AIDS risk factors to migrant farmworkers: An evaluation of the effectiveness of the Infórmate program

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 147-156

  Hovey, Joseph D ^a   Booker, Victoria ^b   Seligman, Laura D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b Migrant Health Promotion   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS knowledge; HIV AIDS prevention; HIV AIDS risk; Inf rmate theater program; Mexican migrant farmworker

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMIGRANT; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIAL BELIEF; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; DRAMA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS;

EID: 33846118699     PISSN: 15571912     EISSN: 15571920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-006-9023-9     Document Type: Article

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