AIDS awareness and attitudes among Yemeni young people living in high-risk areas

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 242-250

  Al Serouri, A W ^a   Anaam, M ^b   Al Iryani, B ^c   Al Deram, A ^d   Ramaroson, S ^c  

^a Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences University of Sana a   (Yemen)

^b SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^c United Nations Children's Fund   (Yemen)

^d SOUL for the Development of Women and Children   (Yemen)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; AWARENESS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIV EDUCATION; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS MEDIUM; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREVALENCE; PROSTITUTION; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION; YEMEN; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGY, ADOLESCENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS; YEMEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77749239780     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2010.16.3.242     Document Type: Article

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