Project ÒRÉ: A friendship-based intervention to prevent HIV/STI in urban african american adolescent females

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 115-132

  Dolcini, M Margaret ^a   Harper, Gary W ^b   Boyer, Cherrie B ^c   Pollack, Lance M ^d  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; African Americans; Community based prevention; HIV STI prevention

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN AMERICANS; FEMALE; FRIENDS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 76249105623     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198109333280     Document Type: Article

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