Community attitudes about discussing sexual health: Assessing public opinion of local STD prevention campaigns

Public Health Reports

Volumn 128, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2013, Pages 73-80

  Thomas, Rosalind ^a   Bekan Homawoo, Brigitte ^a   McClamroch, Kristi ^b   Wise, Benjamin ^a   Bruce Coles, F ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; PUBLIC OPINION; SEXUAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE;

EID: 84875038164     PISSN: 00333549     EISSN: 14682877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/00333549131282s108     Document Type: Article

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