Acceptability of voluntary counselling and testing among medical students in Jos, Nigeria

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 357-361

  Daniyam, Comfort A ^a   Agaba, Patricia A ^a   Agaba, Emmanuel I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOS   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Acceptability; HIV counselling; Medical students; Voluntary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NIGERIA; NORMAL HUMAN; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955619982     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.683     Document Type: Article

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