HIV-prevention knowledge among illiterate and low-literate women in rural Amhara, Ethiopia

African Journal of AIDS Research

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 349-357

  Bogale, Gebeyehu W ^a,b   Boer, Henk ^b   Seydel, Erwin R ^b  

^a Educational Media Agency   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Condom use; East Africa; Health knowledge; HIV AIDS; Illiteracy; Rural communities; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; READING; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 73449125899     PISSN: 16085906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/AJAR.2009.8.3.11.932     Document Type: Article

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