Effect of an educational intervention on Hungarian adolescents' awareness, beliefs and attitudes on the prevention of cervical cancer

Vaccine

Volumn 30, Issue 48, 2012, Pages 6824-6832

  Marek, Erika ^a   Dergez, Timea ^a   Rebek Nagy, Gabor ^b   Szilard, Istvan ^a   Kiss, Istvan ^a   Ember, Istvan ^a   Gocze, Peter ^a   D'Cruz, Gibson ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents' health; Educational intervention; Human papillomavirus (HPV); Prevention; Sex education; Sexual behaviour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; CANCER SCREENING; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUNGARY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAPILLOMAVIRUS INFECTION; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SEXUALITY; UNSAFE SEX; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VACCINATION; WART VIRUS;

ADOLESCENT; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84868194673     PISSN: 0264410X     EISSN: 18732518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2012.09.012     Document Type: Article

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