Provider-initiated HIV testing for paediatric inpatients and their caretakers is feasible and acceptable

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 113-119

  Wanyenze, Rhoda K ^a   Nawavvu, Cecilia ^b   Ouma, Joseph ^b   Namale, Alice ^c   Colebunders, Robert ^d   Kamya, Moses R ^a,b  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b Mulago Mbarara Teaching Hospitals   (Uganda)

^c MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

^d INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Africa; Children; HIV prevalence; Hospital; Provider initiated HIV testing and counselling (PITC)

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE;

CHILD CARE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE PERCENTAGE; CHILD; COUNSELING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PARENT; PEDIATRIC WARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; UGANDA; VIRUS EXAMINATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTORS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICA;

EID: 72349099255     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2009.02417.x     Document Type: Article

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