Acceptance of and barriers to voluntary HIV counselling and testing among adults in Guizhou province, China

AIDS

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 8, 2007, Pages

  Ma, Wei ^a   Detels, Roger ^b   Feng, Yuji ^b   Wu, Zunyou ^a,b   Shen, Limei ^c   Li, Yu ^c   Li, Zezhen ^d   Chen, Fang ^e   Wang, Aimin ^e   Liu, Taiming ^d  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Guizhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d Weng'an County Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^e Zhijin County Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

Attitudes and practices; China; HIV; Knowledge; Voluntary counselling and HIV testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STIGMA; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; COUNSELING; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREJUDICE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SAMPLING STUDIES; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 37549072593     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.aids.0000304708.64294.3f     Document Type: Article

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