Reaching the hearts and minds of illiterate women in the Amhara highland of Ethiopia: Development and pre-testing of oral HIV/AIDS prevention messages

Sahara J

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-9

  Bogale, Gebeyehu W ^a,b   Boer, Henk ^b   Seydel, Erwin R ^b  

^a Educational Media Agency   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Amhara; Ethiopia; Formats; HIV AIDS; Illiterate; Messages; Women

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; TELECOMMUNICATION; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; CONDOMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 79952233255     PISSN: 17290376     EISSN: 18134424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17290376.2010.9724949     Document Type: Article

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