Knowledge and awareness of HIV/AIDS among high school girls in Ghana

HIV/AIDS - Research and Palliative Care

Volumn 5, Issue , 2013, Pages 137-144

  Appiah Agyekum, Nana Nimo ^a,c   Suapim, Robert Henry ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Ghana)

^b GHANA HEALTH SERVICE   (Ghana)

^c LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent school girls; Awareness; Ghana; HIV AIDS; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; GHANA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; KNOWLEDGE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STIGMA;

EID: 84879917618     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/HIV.S44735     Document Type: Article

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