HIV/AIDS misconceptions among latinos: Findings from a population-based survey of California adults

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 245-259

  Ritieni, Assunta ^a   Moskowitz, Joel ^b   Tholandi, Maya ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

California; HIV AIDS; Latinos; Misconceptions; Population survey; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CALIFORNIA; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREJUDICE;

EID: 41249091231     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198106288795     Document Type: Article

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