Perceptions of couple HIV counseling and testing in Botswana: A stakeholder analysis

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 120-123

  Kebaabetswe, Poloko ^a   Ndase, Patrick ^a   Mujugira, Andrew ^b   Sekoto, Tumalano ^a   Ntshimane, Malebogo ^a   Owor, Anchilla ^a   Makhema, Joseph ^a   Thior, Ibou ^a   Essex, Max ^a,c  

^a BOTSWANA HARVARD AIDS INSTITUTE PARTNERSHIP   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Botswana; Counseling; Discordant couples; HIV; VCT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOTSWANA; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK REDUCTION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SEXUALITY;

BOTSWANA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HERPES GENITALIS; HERPESVIRUS 2, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 77649341111     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2009.07.017     Document Type: Article

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