A quasi-experimental evaluation of an HIV prevention programme by peer education in the Anglican Church of the Western Cape, South Africa

BMJ Open

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Mash, Rachel ^a   Mash, Robert James ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; JUVENILE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEER GROUP; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RELIGION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84860439075     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2011-000638     Document Type: Article

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