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Volume 44, Issue 2 , Pages 118-123 , February 2009

Effects of School Health Nursing Education Interventions on HIV/AIDS-Related Attitudes of Students in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

Idongesit I. Akpabio, B.Sc. Nursing, M.P.A., M.Sc. (Nursing), Ph.D.
- Department of Nursing Science, College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria
- Address correspondence to: Dr. Idongesit I. Akpabio, B.Sc. (Nursing), M.P.A., M.Sc. (Nursing), Ph.D., Department of Nursing Science, College of Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, P.M.B. 1115, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria, West Africa
Michael C. Asuzu, M.B. B.S., DOH & S, M.Sc., FMCPH., FFPHM.
- College of Medicine, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria
Boluwaji R. Fajemilehin, B.N.Sc., M.Sc. (Nursing), Ph.D.
- College of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria
Abosede B. Ofi, B.Sc. (Nursing), M.Ed., Ph.D.
- Department of Nursing, Faculty of Clinical Sciences, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Received 20 September 2007 ,Accepted 12 May 2008.

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