Negotiating multiple barriers: Health workers' access to counselling, testing and treatment in Malawi

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

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 68-76

  Namakhoma, Ireen ^a   Bongololo, Grace ^a   Bello, George ^b   Nyirenda, Lot ^a   Phoya, Anne ^b   Phiri, Sam ^c   Theobald, Sally ^d   Obermeyer, Carla Makhlouf ^c  

^a Research for Equity and Community Health Trust   (Malawi)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^c LIGHTHOUSE TRUST   (Malawi)

^d LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

access; ART; counselling and testing; health workers; Malawi

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALAWI; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STIGMA;

ADULT; AGED; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; TRUTH DISCLOSURE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955249024     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121003607241     Document Type: Article

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