Initial outcomes of provider-initiated routine HIV testing and counseling during outpatient care at a rural ugandan hospital: Risky sexual behavior, partner HIV testing, disclosure, and HIV care seeking

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 117-126

  Kiene, Susan M ^a,b,c   Bateganya, Moses ^d   Wanyenze, Rhoda ^c   Lule, Haruna ^e   Nantaba, Harriet ^e   Stein, Michael D ^a,f  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e Gombe Hospital   (Uganda)

^f BUTLER HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSTINENCE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS TESTING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SAFE SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; UGANDA;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; AMBULATORY CARE; COUNSELING; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UGANDA;

EID: 77149179510     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2009.0269     Document Type: Article

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