College students and HIV/AIDS: A comparison of nontraditional and traditional student perspectives

Journal of American College Health

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-174

  Opt, Susan ^a   Loffredo, Donald ^b   Knowles, Laura ^b   Fletcher, Claire ^b  

^a Salem College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON VICTORIA   (United States)

Author keywords

College health; HIV knowledge; HIV perceptions; HIV testing; HIV AIDS; HIV AIDS prevention; Sexual practices

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAUCASIAN; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIVATE SECTOR; PUBLIC SECTOR; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 35549010663     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JACH.56.2.165-174     Document Type: Article

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