Effect of an online video-based intervention to increase HIV testing in men who have sex with men in Peru

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Blas, Magaly M ^a,b,c   Alva, Isaac E ^a,b   Carcamo, Cesar P ^a   Cabello, Robinson ^b   Goodreau, Steven M ^d   Kimball, Ann M ^c   Kurth, Ann E ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b NGO Via Libre ^*  (Peru)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; MOTIVATION; ONLINE SYSTEM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PERU; PUBLIC HEALTH; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; VIDEORECORDING; WEB BROWSER;

DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; ONLINE SYSTEMS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERU; RISK-TAKING; UNITED STATES; VIDEOTAPE RECORDING;

EID: 77956273720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010448     Document Type: Article

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