Effectiveness of peer education in HIV/STD prevention at different types of senior high schools in Shanghai, People's Republic of China

International Journal of STD and AIDS

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 761-767

  Shen, L X ^a,b   Hong, Huang ^a,c   Cai, Y ^d   Jin, X M ^a   Shi, R ^d  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b Shanghai Key Laboratory of Children's Environmental Health   (China)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adolescent; High school; HIV STD prevention; Peer education

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55849153118     PISSN: 09564624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/ijsa.2008.008053     Document Type: Article

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