Voluntary counseling and testing among post-partum women in Botswana

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 296-302

  Thior, Ibou ^a   Gabaitiri, Lesego ^b,c   Grimes, Janet ^a   Shapiro, Roger ^a,c   Lockman, Shahin ^a,c   Kim, Soyeon ^a,c   Kebaabetswe, Poloko ^a   Garmey, Edward ^a   Montano, Monty ^c   Peter, Trevor ^a   Chang, Su Yuan ^a   Marlink, Ric ^a,d   Essex, Max ^a,c  

^a BOTSWANA HARVARD AIDS INSTITUTE PARTNERSHIP   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Harvard AIDS Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Botswana; HIV; Post partum women; VCT

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BOTSWANA; COUNSELING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARITAL STATUS; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL-CHILD HEALTH CENTERS; MOTHERS; OCCUPATIONS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POSTNATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS;

EID: 33846897373     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2006.08.010     Document Type: Article

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