Individual, household and community factors associated with HIV test refusal in rural Malawi

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1341-1350

  Kranzer, Katharina ^a   McGrath, Nuala ^a   Saul, Jacky ^a   Crampin, Amelia C ^a,b   Jahn, Andreas ^a   Malema, Simon ^b   Mulawa, Dominic ^b   Fine, Paul E M ^a   Zaba, Basia ^a   Glynn, Judith R ^a  

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

^b KARONGA PREVENTION STUDY   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Human immuno virus; Malawi; Rural sub Saharan Africa; Voluntary counselling and testing

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; VOLUNTARY APPROACH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALAWI; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COUNSELING; FAMILY CONFLICT; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPREVALENCE; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; MALAWI; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 56049113261     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2008.02148.x     Document Type: Article

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