Uptake of HIV voluntary counselling and testing services in rural Tanzania: Implications for effective HIV prevention and equitable access to treatment

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 319-327

  Wringe, Alison ^a   Isingo, Raphael ^b   Urassa, Mark ^b   Maiseli, Griter ^b   Manyalla, Rose ^b   Changalucha, John ^b   Mngara, Julius ^b   Kalluvya, Samuel ^c   Zaba, Basia ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

HIV status; Men; Tanzania; Voluntary counselling and testing uptake; Women

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; TESTING METHOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TANZANIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANONYMOUS TESTING; COHORT STUDIES; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 41849090741     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02005.x     Document Type: Article

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