Using peer education to increase sexual health knowledge among West African refugees in Western Australia

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 190-205

  Drummond, Peter D ^a   Mizan, Ayse ^a   Brocx, Katie ^a   Wright, Bernadette ^a  

^a MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; CONDOM; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUGEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VOLUNTARY WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, WESTERN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; VOLUNTARY WORKERS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951806207     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2010.529215     Document Type: Article

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