Older women and HIV: How much do they know and where are they getting their information?

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1549-1553

  Henderson, Susan J ^a,d   Bernstein, Lisa B ^a   St George, Diane Marie ^b   Doyle, Joyce P ^a   Paranjape, Anuradha S ^a   Corbie Smith, Giselle ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WALDEN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; AIDS; HIV; Knowledge; Women

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MASS MEDIUM; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT INFORMATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MASS MEDIA; MIDDLE AGED; NEWSPAPERS; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX EDUCATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; TELEVISION; WOMEN;

EID: 4444292345     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2004.52421.x     Document Type: Review

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