Profile of adults seeking voluntary HIV testing and counseling in rural Central India: Results from a hospital-based study

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

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 294-300

  Pai, Nitika Pant ^a   Joshi, Rajnish ^b,c   Moodie, Erica E M ^d   Taksande, Bharati ^b   Kalantri, S P ^b   Pai, Madhukar ^c   Tulsky, Jacqueline P ^e   Reingold, Arthur ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central India; Clinic attendees; Profile; Rural adults; Voluntary testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED MAN; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEXUALITY; STIGMA; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL HEALTH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449631649     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120802183529     Document Type: Article

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