Impact of school-based HIV prevention program in post-conflict Liberia

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 68-77

  Atwood, Katharine A ^a   Kennedy, Stephen B ^a,b   Shamblen, Steve ^a   Tegli, Jemee ^b   Garber, Salome ^b   Fahnbulleh, Pearl W ^b   Korvah, Prince M ^b   Kolubah, Moses ^b   Mulbah Kamara, Comfort ^b   Fulton, Shannon ^b  

^a PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND EVALUATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIBERIA   (Liberia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; LIBERIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCHOOL HEALTH EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CONDOMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LIBERIA; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858781428     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2012.24.1.68     Document Type: Article

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