Break the Silence: HIV/AIDS Knowledge, Attitudes, and Educational Needs among Arab University Students in United Arab Emirates

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 572.e1-572.e8

  Gańczak, Maria ^a,b   Barss, Peter ^b   Alfaresi, Fatima ^b   Almazrouei, Shamma ^b   Muraddad, Amal ^b   Al Maskari, Fatma ^b  

^a POMERANIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

AIDS; Health promotion; HIV; Stigma; Students

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADAPTATION; ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COMMUNITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFORMATION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SCHOOL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIETY; TEACHING; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34248662707     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.01.011     Document Type: Article

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