Feasibility and acceptability of rapid HIV testing in jail

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 41-47

  Beckwith, Curt G ^a,e   Atunah Jay, Sarah ^a   Cohen, Jonathan ^b   Macalino, Grace ^c   Poshkus, Michael ^d   Rich, Josiah D ^a   Flanigan, Timothy P ^a   Lally, Michelle A ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d RHODE ISLAND DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS   (United States)

^e MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRISON; PRISONER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CONTACT TRACING; COUNSELING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRISONERS; PRISONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RHODE ISLAND;

EID: 33846818814     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2006.006     Document Type: Article

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