Feasibility, acceptability and cost of home-based HIV testing in rural Kenya

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 849-855

  Negin, Joel ^a,b   Wariero, James ^c   Mutuo, Patrick ^b   Jan, Stephen ^d   Pronyk, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

^d GEORGE INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Community mobilization; Feasibility; HIV testing; Home based

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH EXPENDITURE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; POLICY MAKING; RURAL AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HIV TESTING; HOME DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED WOMAN; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; RURAL HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; KENYA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 68949109931     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02304.x     Document Type: Article

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