Traditional healers for HIV/AIDS prevention and family planning, Kiboga district, Uganda: Evaluation of a program to improve practices

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 485-493

  Ssali, Agnes ^a   Butler, Lisa M ^b   Kabatesi, Donna ^a   King, Rachel ^a   Namugenyi, Agnes ^c   Kamya, Moses R ^d   Mandel, Jeffrey ^b   Chen, Sanny Y ^e   McFarland, Willi ^b,e  

^a Traditional and Modem Healtii Practitioners Together Against AIDS (THETA)   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c District Health Team ^*  (Uganda)

^d MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^e SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Family planning; HIV prevention; Traditional healers; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; EVALUATION; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NORMAL HUMAN; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TRAINING; UGANDA;

ADULT; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA;

EID: 32144457214     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-005-9019-9     Document Type: Article

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