HIV/AIDS related knowledge among school-going adolescents from the Middle East and North Africa

Sexual Health

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 196-198

  Boneberger, Anja ^a   Rckinger, Simon ^b   Guthold, Regina ^c   Kann, Laura ^d   Riley, Leanne ^c  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

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

Author keywords

global school based student health survey; sexual education; sexual knowledge

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; JORDAN; LEBANON; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MALE; MOROCCO; OMAN; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; TUNISIA; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICA, NORTHERN; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOLS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84859974603     PISSN: 14485028     EISSN: 14498987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SH11054     Document Type: Article

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