The associations of voluntary counseling and testing acceptance and the perceived likelihood of being HIV-infected among men with multiple sex partners in a South African Township

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 922-931

  Johnston, Lisa ^a,b   O'Bra, Heidi ^c   Chopra, Mickey ^d   Mathews, Cathy ^d,e   Townsend, Loraine ^d   Sabin, Keith ^c   Tomlinson, Mark ^d   Kendall, Carl ^a  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Global AIDS Program ^*  (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Most at risk populations; Respondent driven sampling; South Africa; Voluntary counseling and testing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOM; COUNSELING; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONDOMS; COUNSELING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956871762     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-008-9362-8     Document Type: Article

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