Development and testing of an HIV-risk screening instrument for use in health care settings

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 103-113

  Gerbert, Barbara ^a   Bronstone, Amy ^a   McPhee, Stephen ^b   Pantilat, Steven ^b,c   Allerton, Michael ^d  

^a Division of Behavioral Sciences   (United States)

^b Division of General Internal Medicine   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care delivery; HIV; Instruments (screening); Risk assessment; Risk behavior; Screening (HIV)

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVACY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEROPREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK-TAKING; SAN FRANCISCO; SELF DISCLOSURE;

EID: 0031879995     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-3797(98)00025-7     Document Type: Article

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