Male involvement in antenatal HIV counseling and testing: Exploring men's perceptions in rural Malawi

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1537-1546

  Aarnio, Pauliina ^a   Olsson, Pia ^b   Chimbiri, Agnes ^c,d   Kulmala, Teija ^e,f  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

^d UNDP ^*  (Malawi)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TAMPERE   (Finland)

^f Vaestoliitto   (Finland)

Author keywords

HIV; Malawi; Men; Pregnancy; Prenatal care; Voluntary counseling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIVORCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERCEPTION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; RURAL HEALTH; SPOUSES;

EID: 77949652046     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120902903719     Document Type: Article

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