Couple counselling and testing for HIV at antenatal clinics: Views from men, women and counsellors

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 356-360

  Mlay, R ^a   Lugina, H ^a   Becker, S ^b  

^a MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MOTIVATION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANZANIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; AGED; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SELF DISCLOSURE; SPOUSE ABUSE; SPOUSES; TANZANIA;

EID: 41349083344     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120701561304     Document Type: Article

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