Overcoming barriers to HIV testing: Preferences for new strategies among clients of a needle exchange, a sexually transmitted disease clinic, and sex venues for men who have sex with men

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 318-327

  Spielberg, Freya ^a,d   Branson, Bernard M ^b   Goldbaum, Gary M ^a,c   Lockhart, David ^a   Kurth, Ann ^a   Celum, Connie L ^a   Rossini, Anthony ^a   Critchlow, Cathy W ^a   Wood, Robert W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

^d Center for AIDS and STD   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; HIV counseling preferences; HIV prevention; HIV testing barriers; HIV testing preferences

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEEDLE EXCHANGE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TELEPHONE; URINALYSIS; VEIN PUNCTURE;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; GUIDELINES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES, VIRAL; WASHINGTON;

EID: 0037340619     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00126334-200303010-00012     Document Type: Article

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