A psychological epidemiology of people seeking HIV/AIDS counselling in Kenya: An approach for improving counsellor training

AIDS

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1557-1567

  Vollmer, Nancy A ^a   Valadez, Joseph J ^a,b,c  

^a Plan International   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Apt 303 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

AIDS; Counselling; Health education; HIV; Home care; Kenya; Palliative; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COUNSELING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL;

EID: 0032822958     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-199908200-00017     Document Type: Article

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