Stop the drama downunder: A social marketing campaign increases HIV/sexually transmitted infection knowledge and testing in Australian gay men

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 651-658

  Pedrana, Alisa ^a,b   Hellard, Margaret ^a,b,c   Guy, Rebecca ^d   El Hayek, Carol ^a   Gouillou, Maelenn ^a   Asselin, Jason ^e   Batrouney, Colin ^e   Nguyen, Phuong ^a   Stoovè, Mark ^a,b  

^a BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e Victorian AIDS Council/Gay Men's Health Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH EDUCATION; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL MARKETING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; AWARENESS; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL MARKETING; SYPHILIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863795474     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318255df06     Document Type: Article

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