Increasing safer sexual behavior among Lao kathoy through an integrated social marketing approach

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Longfield, Kim ^a   Panyanouvong, Xouchai ^a,b   Chen, Judy ^a   Kays, Megan B ^a  

^a POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b Political and Economic Section   (Laos)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; ETHNOLOGY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LAOS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; SAFE SEX; SOCIAL MARKETING; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LAOS; MALE; SAFE SEX; SOCIAL MARKETING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855820963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-872     Document Type: Article

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