Differences among male/female adolescents participating in a school-based teenage education program (STEP) focusing on HIV prevention in india

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 2 SUPPL. 2, 2008, Pages

  Chhabra, Rosy ^a   Springer, Carolyn ^b   Rapkin, Bruce ^c   Merchant, Yusuf ^d  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ADELPHI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d Rehabilitation and Research Center   (India)

Author keywords

Education program; Gender differences; Health education; HIV; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLLEGE; CONDOM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH BELIEF; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEER PRESSURE; PILOT STUDY; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRAINING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH EDUCATION; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 52149116758     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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