Post-abortion care and voluntary HIV counselling and testing - An example of integrating HIV prevention into reproductive health services

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 697-704

  Rasch, Vibeke ^a,d   Yambesi, Fortunata ^b   Massawe, Siriel ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Temeke Municipal Hospital   (Tanzania)

^c MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Condom use; Human immunodeficiency virus; Post abortion care; Tanzania; Unsafe abortion; Voluntary counselling and testing

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; CONDOM USE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SOCIOECONOMIC SURVEY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ABORTION; ADULT; AGE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONDOM; CONTRACEPTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HIV TESTING; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL CARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SAFETY; POSTABORTION CARE; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SINGLE WOMAN; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRATIFIED ANALYSIS; UNSAFE ABORTION; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONDOMS; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS; COUNSELING; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MARITAL STATUS; PARITY; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

EID: 33646265525     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01607.x     Document Type: Article

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