HIV voluntary counselling and testing for African communities in London: Learning from experiences in Kenya

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 547-551

  Prost, A ^a,b,c,d   Sseruma, W S ^d   Fakoya, I ^d   Arthur, G ^d   Taegtmeyer, M ^e   Njeri, A ^f   Fakoya, A ^g   Imrie, J ^d  

^a MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^e LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f Liverpool VCT Care and Treatment   (Kenya)

^g NEWHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; SEXUAL HEALTH; STIGMA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; LEARNING; LONDON; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 37349071451     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2007.027110     Document Type: Article

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