Theory-based predictors of condom use among university students in the United States and South Africa

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-12

  Heeren, G Anita ^a   Jemmott III, John B ^a   Mandeya, Andrew ^b   Tyler, Joanne C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SELF CONCEPT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; CONDOMS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENTION; MALE; PENNSYLVANIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF EFFICACY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL VALUES; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 34247361615     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2007.19.1.1     Document Type: Article

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