Evaluation of a U.S. evidence-based parenting intervention in rural western Kenya: From parents matter! To families matter!

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 328-343

  Vandenhoudt, Hilde ^a   Miller, Kim S ^b   Ochura, Juliet ^c   Wyckoff, Sarah C ^b   Obong'o, Christopher O ^c   Otwoma, Nelson J ^c   Poulsen, Melissa N ^b   Menten, Joris ^a   Marum, Elizabeth ^b   Buvé, Anne ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIV EDUCATION; HUMAN; KENYA; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA;

CHILD; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; KENYA; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RURAL HEALTH; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 77957663205     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2010.22.4.328     Document Type: Article

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