Health communication and social marketing campaigns for sexually transmitted disease prevention and control: What is the evidence of their effectiveness?

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2016, Pages S83-S101

  Friedman, Allison L ^a   Kachur, Rachel E ^a   Noar, Seth M ^b   McFarlane, Mary ^a  

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

^b The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR THEORY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROL STRATEGY; EMBASE; EVALUATION STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDLINE; PRETEST POSTTEST CONTROL GROUP DESIGN; PRETEST POSTTEST DESIGN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCINFO; PUBLIC HEALTH CAMPAIGN; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOCIAL MARKETING; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED STATES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL STIGMA;

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH COMMUNICATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; SEX EDUCATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOCIAL MARKETING; SOCIAL STIGMA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84957849084     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000286     Document Type: Review

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