Impact of a single session of counseling on partner referral for sexually transmitted disease treatment, Harare, Zimbabwe

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 237-243

  Moyo, Witness ^a   Chirenje, Z M ^a   Mandel, Jeffrey ^b   Schwarcz, Sandra K ^c   Klausner, Jeffrey ^c   Rutherford, George ^b   McFarland, Willi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Counseling; Intervention; Partner notification; STD; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MORBIDITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SEXUALITY; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0036755822     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1019891808383     Document Type: Article

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