Voluntary counselling and testing: Uptake, impact on sexual behaviour, and HIV incidence in a rural Zimbabwean cohort

AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 851-860

  Sherr, Lorraine ^a   Lopman, Ben ^b   Kakowa, Memory ^c   Dube, Sabada ^b   Chawira, Godwin ^c   Nyamukapa, Constance ^b,c   Oberzaucher, Nicole ^d   Cremin, Ide ^b   Gregson, Simon ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^d European Centre for Social Welfare Policy and Research   (Austria)

Author keywords

Counselling; HIV incidence; Sexual behaviour; VCT; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COUNSELING; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK-TAKING; RURAL HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 34147096010     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32805e8711     Document Type: Article

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