Intervention to train physicians in rural China on HIV/STI knowledge and risk reduction counseling: Preliminary findings

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

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 468-472

  Wang, Debin ^a   Operario, Don ^b   Hong, Qian ^a   Zhang, Hongbo ^a   Coates, Thomas J ^c  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

China; Evaluation; HIV STI prevention; Physician training; Sexual health

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CHINA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONDOM; EPIDEMIC; FIELD WORK; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; RURAL AREA; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; TRAINING; VIROTHERAPY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; COUNSELING; EDUCATION; HEALTH; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT EDUCATION;

CHINA; COUNSELING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; RURAL HEALTH; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 67649412134     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120802290357     Document Type: Article

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