Potential for abuse in the VCT counselling room: Service provider's perceptions in Kenya

Health Policy and Planning

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 390-396

  Hamilton, C ^a,d   Okoko, D ^b   Tolhurst, R ^a   Kilonzo, N ^b   Theobald, S ^a,c   Taegtmeyer, M ^a,b  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Liverpool VCT   (Kenya)

^c Research for Equity and Community Health Trust   (Malawi)

^d NONE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Abuse; Ethics; Gender violence; HIV; Kenya; VCT

Indexed keywords

ABUSE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RECOGNITION; SCALE UP; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL ABUSE; VIOLENCE; VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING AND TESTING;

COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; MALE; QUALITY CONTROL; VIOLENCE;

EID: 54249115402     PISSN: 02681080     EISSN: 14602237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/heapol/czn029     Document Type: Article

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