Recruitment strategies and motivations for sexually transmitted disease testing among college students

Journal of American College Health

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 357-360

  Williams, Jessica Roberts ^a   Zenilman, Jonathan ^b   Nanda, Joy P ^c   Mark, Hayley ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

College students; Recruitment strategies; Sexually transmitted diseases

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY TEST; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HERPESVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT SELECTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PREGNANCY TESTS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SIMPLEXVIRUS; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149170171     PISSN: 07448481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/JACH.57.3.357-360     Document Type: Article

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