Development and psychometric evaluation of a self-administered questionnaire to measure knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 557-574

  Jaworski, Beth C ^a,b   Carey, Michael P ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Knowledge; Psychometrics; Questionnaires; STD

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 34249718302     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-006-9168-5     Document Type: Article

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