Awareness of HIV/AIDS prevention and acceptance of HIV testing among residents in Likoma Island, northern Malawi

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 885-891

  Chiang, Hung Che ^a   Yu, Kwong Leung ^b   Yap, Shue Fang ^a   Goh, Kah Kheng ^a   Mo, Meng Hsuan ^a   Yang, Ta Wei ^a   Ngo, Yeh Giin ^a   Hsu, Shu Jung ^a   Wu, Yi Ching ^a   Lai, Chung Sheng ^b   Ko, Ying Chin ^a   Chang, Po Ya ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

AIDS; Attitudes; Health education; HIV; Knowledge; Malawi; Practice; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALAWI; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; POLYGAMY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RISK FACTOR; SAFE SEX; SCALE UP; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 68249112396     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trstmh.2009.04.008     Document Type: Article

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