An educational program about premarital screening for unmarried female students in King Abdul-Aziz University, Jeddah

Journal of Infection and Public Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 30-40

  Ibrahim, Nahla Khamis Ragab ^a,b   Al Bar, Hussein ^a   Al Fakeeh, Ali ^a   Al Ahmadi, Jawaher ^a   Qadi, Mahdi ^a   Al Bar, Adnan ^a   Milaat, Waleed ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b High Institute of Public Health Egypt   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Educational program; Jeddah; KSA; Premarital; Screening; University students

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOM SAMPLE; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; SINGLE WOMAN; STUDENT ATTITUDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; SAUDI ARABIA; SINGLE PERSON; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951725895     PISSN: 18760341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiph.2010.11.001     Document Type: Article

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