"You must do the test to know your status": Attitudes to HIV voluntary counseling and testing for adolescents among South African youth and parents

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-104

  MacPhail, Catherine Lorne ^a   Pettifor, Audrey ^b   Coates, Tom ^c   Rees, Helen ^d  

^a Reproductive Health and HIV Research Unit   (South Africa)

^b IL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Counseling; HIV testing; South Africa; Voluntary

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COUNSELING; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COUNSELING; CULTURE; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEAR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 38349053275     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198106286442     Document Type: Article

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