Evaluation of a home-based voluntary counselling and testing intervention in rural Uganda

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 109-116

  Wolff, Brent ^a   Nyanzi, Barbara ^a,b   Katongole, George ^a   Ssesanga, Deo ^a,b   Ruberantwari, Anthony ^a,b   Whitworth, Jimmy ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (Uganda)

^b MRC ^*

^c WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clients; HIV; Home care; Providers; Qualitative; Stigma; VCT uptake

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; EMOTION; EVALUATION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT COUNSELING; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; RURAL HEALTH CARE; UGANDA;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COHORT STUDIES; COUNSELING; FEAR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA;

EID: 15444380490     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czi013     Document Type: Article

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