Knowledge of HIV/AIDS and attitude towards voluntary counseling and testing-among adults

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1917-1922

  Iliyasu, Zubairu ^a   Abubakar, Isa S ^a   Kabir, Mohammed ^a   Aliyu, Muktar H ^a,b  

^a BAYERO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; HIV AIDS; Knowledge; Nigeria; Voluntary counseling and testing

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONDOM; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EDUCATION; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER BIAS; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTITUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STIGMA; VOLUNTARY TESTING AND COUNSELING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS;

EID: 33845633272     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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