Barriers to HIV testing and confidentiality: The concerns of HIV-positive and high-risk individuals

AIDS and Public Policy Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 147-156

  Solomon, Liza ^a   Landrigan, Jennifer ^b   Flynn, Colin ^b   Benjamin, Georges C ^b  

^a Maryland State Department of Health and Mental Hygiene   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIVACY; SCREENING TEST;

EMPIRICAL APPROACH; HEALTH CARE AND PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BALTIMORE; CONFIDENTIALITY; DECISION MAKING; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0033285990     PISSN: 08873852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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11. See note 4 above.
12. Ibid.
13. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Draft HIV Prevention Strategic Plan through 2005 (Atlanta, Ga.: CDC, 2000).