Readiness of youth in rural Ethiopia to seek health services for sexually transmitted infections

African Journal of AIDS Research

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 135-146

  Molla, Mitike ^a,b,d   Emmelin, Maria ^c   Berhane, Yemane ^d   Lindtjørn, Bernt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d ADDIS CONTINENTAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Africa; Health behaviour; Health beliefs; Health education; Health personnel; HIV AIDS; Interviews; Research methodology; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHIOPIA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 67749101977     PISSN: 16085906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJAR.2009.8.2.2.854     Document Type: Article

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