Talking About, Knowing About HIV/AIDS in Canada: A Rural-Urban Comparison

Journal of Rural Health

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 310-318

  Veinot, Tiffany C ^a   Harris, Roma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS knowledge; Information behavior; Rural urban differences; Social capital

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; CANADA; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959926982     PISSN: 0890765X     EISSN: 17480361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2010.00353.x     Document Type: Article

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