Pasa la Voz (spread the word): Using women's social networks for HIV education and testing

Public Health Reports

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 528-533

  Ramos, Rebeca L ^a   Ferreira Pinto, João B ^b   Rusch, Melanie L A ^c   Ramos, Maria Elena ^d  

^a US Mexico Border Health Association   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Programa Compañeros A C   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MEXICO; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL NETWORK; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77955652062     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491012500407     Document Type: Review

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