Availability of supplies and motivations for accessing voluntary HIV counseling and testing services in Blantyre, Malawi

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Jereni, Bwanali H ^a   Muula, Adamson S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERVIEW; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SELF CONCEPT; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUALITY; TRAINING; VOLUNTEER; APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CENTER; INSTRUMENTATION; MALAWI; MANPOWER; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SERODIAGNOSIS; STANDARD; TIME; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 40149087041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-8-17     Document Type: Article

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