Site factors may be more important than participant factors in explaining HIV test acceptance in the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission programme in Kenya, 2005

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1215-1219

  Anand, Abhijeet ^a,b   Shiraishi, Ray W ^c   Sheikh, Abdullahi Ahmed ^d   Marum, Lawrence H ^c   Bolu, Omotayo ^c   Mutsotso, Winfred ^e   Sabin, Keith ^f   Ayisi, Robert ^d   Diaz, Theresa ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR IMMUNIZATION AND RESPIRATORY DISEASES   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^e Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Kenya   (Kenya)

^f WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

ANC surveillance; HIV AIDS; Kenya; Opt out HIV testing; PMTCT testing

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; SURVEILLANCE AND ENFORCEMENT; TESTING METHOD; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; KENYA; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

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

EID: 70349257511     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02367.x     Document Type: Article

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