Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of voluntary HIV counseling and testing among rural migrants in Shanghai, China

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 570-581

  He, Na ^a,b   Zhang, Jinling ^c   Yao, Jinjian ^c   Tian, Xiuhong ^c   Zhao, Genming ^a,b   Jiang, Qingwu ^a,b   Detels, Roger ^d  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c Minhang District Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CHINA; CONDOM; COUNSELING; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; VOLUNTARY COUNSELING AND TESTING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CHINA; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; URBAN POPULATION; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74049164887     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2009.21.6.570     Document Type: Article

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