Staff strategies for improving HIV detection using mobile HIV rapid testing

Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 101-111

  Grusky, Oscar ^a   Roberts, Kathleen ^b   Swanson, Aimee Noelle ^c   Rhoades, Harmony ^d   Lam, Marcus ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Research Consultant   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Conventional HIV testing; Failure to return for HIV test results; Geographic information systems (GIS); Mobile testing units (MTUs); Rapid HIV testing; Staff strategies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL STAFF; MOBILE RAPID TEST;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 71049145265     PISSN: 08964289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08964280903334501     Document Type: Article

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