Evaluation of uptake and attitude to voluntary counseling and testing among health care professional students in Kilimanjaro region, Tanzania

BMC Public Health

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Charles, Mgosha P ^a   Kweka, Eliningaya J ^b   Mahande, Aneth M ^b   Barongo, Longin R ^d   Shekalaghe, Seif ^c   Nkya, Hassan M ^e   Lowassa, Asanterabi ^e   Mahande, Michael J ^c  

^a National AIDS Control Program   (Tanzania)

^b TROPICAL PESTICIDES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

^c TUMAINI UNIVERSITY   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF RWANDA   (Rwanda)

^e TANZANIA WILDLIFE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALLIED HEALTH EDUCATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; CERTIFICATION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; TANZANIA; UNIVERSITY; VOLUNTARY COUNSELING AND TESTING; ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MEDICAL PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STUDENTS, HEALTH OCCUPATIONS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67449143389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-9-128     Document Type: Article

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