HIV counselling and testing in rural Uganda: Communities' attitudes and perceptions towards an HIV counselling and testing programme

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 699-706

  Kipp, W ^a   Kabagambe, G ^b   Konde Lule, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Institute of Public Health ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONDOM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOMS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RURAL HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA;

EID: 0036796475     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0954012021000005524     Document Type: Article

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