An evaluation of awareness: Attitudes and beliefs of pregnant Nigerian women toward voluntary counseling and testing for HIV

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 252-260

  Okonkwo, Kingsley C ^a,c   Reich, Kimberly ^b   Alabi, Adewale I ^b   Umeike, Nwaife ^b   Nachman, Sharon A ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b West African AIDS Group   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; AWARENESS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; NIGERIA; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; STIGMA; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NIGERIA; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREJUDICE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34247594240     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2006.0065     Document Type: Article

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