Hooking up and sexual risk taking among college students: A health belief model perspective

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1196-1209

  Downing Matibag, Teresa M ^a   Geisinger, Brandi ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Campus health; Health behavior; Health education; HIV AIDS; Intervention programs; Interviews; Perceptions; Prevention; Risk; Sexual health; Sexually transmitted diseases; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; COLLEGE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; THEORETICAL MODEL; TRANSMISSION; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; STUDENTS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; UNSAFE SEX; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69249120287     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: 15527557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1049732309344206     Document Type: Article

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