Factors associated with parent-child communication about HIV/AIDS in the united states and kenya: A cross-cultural comparison

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1083-1094

  Poulsen, Melissa N ^a   Miller, Kim S ^b   Lin, Carol ^b   Fasula, Amy ^b   Vandenhoudt, Hilde ^c   Wyckoff, Sarah C ^b   Ochura, Juliet ^d   Obong'o, Christopher O ^d   Forehand, Rex ^e  

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

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

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Kenya; Parent child communication; Pre teens; Sexual risk communication; Sexual risk prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952113036     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-009-9612-4     Document Type: Article

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