Can a short film impact HIV-related risk and stigma perceptions? Results from an experiment in Abuja, Nigeria

Health Communication

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 403-412

  Lapinski, Maria Knight ^a   Nwulu, Paul ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONDOM; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NIGERIA; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; MOTION PICTURES AS TOPIC; NIGERIA; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53849090632     PISSN: 10410236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10410230802342093     Document Type: Article

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