Scaling up HIV voluntary counseling and testing in Africa: What can evaluation studies tell us about potential prevention impacts?

Evaluation Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 331-357

  Glick, Peter ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior change; HIV AIDS; Program evaluation; Selectivity models; Voluntary counseling and testing

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; METHODOLOGY; SERODIAGNOSIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM;

AFRICA; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COUNSELING; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS;

EID: 23744468510     PISSN: 0193841X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193841X05276437     Document Type: Article

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