Failure to return for HIV test results: A pilot study of three community testing sites

Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 47-55

  Grusky, Oscar ^a   Roberts, Kathleen Johnston ^a   Swanson, Aimee Noelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

community testing sites; failure to return for test results; HIV infection; HIV test results

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248570529     PISSN: 15451097     EISSN: 15570886     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1545109706297530     Document Type: Article

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