Facts, attitudes, and health reasoning about HIV and AIDS: Explaining the education effect on condom use among adults in Sub-Saharan Africa

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1319-1327

  Baker, David P ^a   Leon, Juan ^a   Collins, John M ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USAID   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Causal mechanisms; Condom use; Education effect; Multiple sexual partners

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CONDOMS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS;

EID: 84855185935     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-010-9717-9     Document Type: Article

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