HIV/AIDS knowledge scores and perceptions of risk among African American students attending historically black colleges and universities

Public Health Reports

Volumn 126, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 653-663

  Sutton, Madeline Y ^a   Hardnett, Felicia P ^a   Wright, Pierre ^b   Wahi, Sagina ^b   Pathak, Sonal ^c   Warren Jeanpiere, Lari ^a   Jones, Sandra ^d  

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

^b United Negro College Fund Special Programs Corporation   (United States)

^c NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COLLEGE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUALITY; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT; UNIVERSITY; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CONDOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; STUDENTS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80155186170     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/003335491112600507     Document Type: Article

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