HIV incidence during a cluster-randomized trial of two strategies providing voluntary counselling and testing at the workplace, Zimbabwe

AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 483-489

  Corbett, Elizabeth L ^a,b,c   Makamure, Beauty ^b   Cheung, Yin Bun ^a   Dauya, Ethel ^b   Matambo, Ronnie ^b   Bandason, Tsitsi ^b   Munyati, Shungu S ^b,c   Mason, Peter R ^b,d   Butterworth, Anthony E ^a,b   Hayes, Richard J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Zimbabwe)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Cluster randomized trial; HIV; HIV incidence; HIV prevention; Voluntary counseling and testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; EMPLOYEE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROCONVERSION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WORKPLACE; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ANONYMOUS TESTING; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 33847068822     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e3280115402     Document Type: Article

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