Reaching youth with sexually transmitted disease testing: Building on successes, challenges, and lessons learned from local get yourself tested campaigns

Social Marketing Quarterly

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 116-138

  Friedman, Allison L ^a   Bozniak, Allison ^b   Ford, Jessie ^c   Hill, Ashley ^b   Olson, Kristina ^b   Ledsky, Rebecca ^b   Inokuchi, Derek ^b   Brookmeyer, Kathryn ^a  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b FAMILY HEALTH INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Local adaptations; Sexual health promotion; STD testing; STD HIV; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901269448     PISSN: 15245004     EISSN: 15394093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1524500414530386     Document Type: Article

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