An assessment of the effectiveness of the Tiwi Sexual Health Program 2002-2005

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 554-558

  Su, Jiunn Yih ^a   Skov, Steven ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Indigenous; Laboratory testing data; Remote; Sexual health program; Sexually transmitted infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHLAMYDIASIS; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; GONORRHEA; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INDIGENT; INFECTION RATE; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYPHILIS; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HUMANS; MALE; NORTHERN TERRITORY; POPULATION GROUPS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58149296060     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2008.00309.x     Document Type: Article

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