Confidential HIV Testing and Condom Promotion in Africa: Impact on HIV and Gonorrhea Rates

JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 268, Issue 23, 1992, Pages 3338-3343

  Allen, Susan ^a,b,c   Serufilira, Antoine ^c   Bogaerts, Joseph ^e   Van Perre, Philippe ^d,e   Nsengumuremyi, Francois ^c   Lindan, Christina ^a,b   Carael, Michel ^f   Wolf, William ^a,b   Coates, Thomas ^a,b   Hulley, Stephen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c San Francisco   (United States)

^d Ministry of Health   (United States)

^e National AIDS Control Program Ministry of Health Kigali ^*  (Rwanda)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPERMICIDAL AGENT;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; COMPLIANCE (PHYSICAL); CONDOM; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GONORRHEA; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CONDOMS; CONFIDENTIALITY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GONORRHEA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RWANDA; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPERMATOCIDAL AGENTS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.;

EID: 0026492152     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.1992.03490230068030     Document Type: Article

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