HIV/AIDS knowledge and health-related attitudes and behaviors among deaf and hearing adolescents in Southern Brazil

American Annals of the Deaf

Volumn 153, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 349-356

  Bisol, Cláudia Alquati ^a   Sperb, Tania Mara ^b   Brewer, Toye H ^c   Kato, Sérgio Kakuta ^d   Shor Posner, Gail ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BRAZIL; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; STATISTICS; UNSAFE SEX;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; BRAZIL; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEAFNESS; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MAINSTREAMING (EDUCATION); MALE; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60249100181     PISSN: 0002726X     EISSN: 15430375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/aad.0.0055     Document Type: Article

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