HIV voluntary counseling and testing service preferences in a rural Malawi population

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 475-484

  DeGraft Johnson, Joseph ^a,d   Paz Soldan, Valerie ^b   Kasote, Antonio ^a   Tsui, Amy ^c  

^a SAVE THE CHILDREN   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV; Malawi; Population based; VCT

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; LABORATORY TEST; MALAWI; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 32144444190     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-005-9018-x     Document Type: Article

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