Effectiveness of a Brief Curriculum to Promote Condom and Health Care Use Among Out-of-School Young Adult Males

Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 33-40

  Marcell, Arik V ^a,b   Allan, Elizabeth ^a   Clay, Eric A ^c   Watson, Catherine ^d   Sonenstein, Freya L ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Historic East Baltimore Community Action Coalition   (United States)

^d Bill and Melinda Gates Institute   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEGRO; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BALTIMORE; CONDOMS; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CURRICULUM; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RISK-TAKING; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875050385     PISSN: 15386341     EISSN: 19312393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/4503313     Document Type: Article

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