Syndrome packets and health worker training improve sexually transmitted disease case management in rural South Africa: Randomized controlled trial

AIDS

Volumn 14, Issue 17, 2000, Pages 2769-2779

  Harrison, Abigail ^a,b   Karim, Salim Abdool ^a   Floyd, Katherine ^c   Lombard, Carl ^a   Lurie, Mark ^a,b   Ntuli, Nelly ^a,b   Wilkinson, David ^a,d  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b AFRICA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^c LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Africa; HIV Prevention; Intervention trial; Quality of care; STD

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION PREVENTION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSE ATTITUDE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; CONTACT TRACING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SAFE SEX; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034503195     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200012010-00017     Document Type: Article

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