Do peer educators make a difference? An evaluation of a youth-led HIV prevention model in Zambian Schools

Health Education Research

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 237-247

  Denison, J A ^a   Tsui, S ^a   Bratt, J ^b   Torpey, K ^c   Weaver, M A ^d   Kabaso, M ^e  

^a Behavioral and Biomedical Research Family Health International   (United States)

^b Family Health International   (United States)

^c Program Sciences Family Health International   (Ghana)

^d Quantitative Sciences   (United States)

^e Strategic Information Family Health International   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PEER GROUP; THEORETICAL MODEL; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PEER GROUP; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84858687813     PISSN: 02681153     EISSN: 14653648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/her/cyr093     Document Type: Article

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