Community impact of HIV status disclosure through an integrated community home-based care programme

African Journal of AIDS Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 265-271

  Ncama, Busisiwe ^a   Uys, Leana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Integrated care model; Knowledge attitudes behaviour; Sexual behaviour change; Stigmatisation; Voluntary counselling and testing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SAFE SEX; SCREENING TEST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; STIGMA; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM;

EID: 33846050157     PISSN: 16085906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/16085900609490388     Document Type: Article

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