Correlates of misperceptions in HIV knowledge and attitude towards people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs) among in-school and out-of-school adolescents in Ghana

African Health Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 82-91

  Sallar, Anthony M ^a  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; AIDS KNOWLEDGE AND ATTITUDES SURVEY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONDOM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GHANA; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RELIGION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STIGMA; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68949198765     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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