Correlates of HIV testing among women in Ghana: Some evidence from the Demographic and Health Surveys

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

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 296-307

  Tenkorang, Eric Y ^a   Owusu, Gertrude A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Complementary and negative log log; Correlates; Demographic and Health Surveys; Ghana; HIV testing

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GHANA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS TESTING; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH; STEREOTYPING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951043583     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120903193716     Document Type: Article

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