Extending the use of the web-based HIV Testing Belief Inventory to students attending historically black colleges and universities: An examination of reliability and validity

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 80-90

  Hou, Su I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COLLEGE STUDENT; DATA ANALYSIS; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERNET; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STIGMA; UNIVERSITY; VALIDITY; WEB BASED HIV TESTING BELIEF INVENTORY;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61849109404     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2009.21.1.80     Document Type: Article

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