An assessment of the understanding of the offer of routine HIV testing among pregnant women in rural Zimbabwe

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

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 660-666

  Mugore, L ^a   Engelsmann, B ^a   Ndoro, T ^a   Dabis, F ^b   Perez, F ^b  

^a Public Health Laboratories   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Pregnant women; Routine HIV testing; Rural Zimbabawe; Understanding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; BLOOD EXAMINATION; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; VIRUS DIAGNOSIS; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ZIMBABWE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; INFORMED CONSENT; MANDATORY TESTING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 46249109772     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120701687034     Document Type: Article

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