Health promotion 'on steroids': The value of an experiential approach to promote rapid HIV testing in NSW, Australia

Public Health Research and Practice

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Roberts, Nick ^a   Holden, Jo ^a   Duck, Timothy ^a   Kitchener, Samara ^a  

^a Centre for Population Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MASS MEDIUM; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROCEDURES; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOCIAL MEDIA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MASS MEDIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SOCIAL MEDIA;

EID: 84993661899     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22042091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17061/phrp2521522     Document Type: Article

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