Acceptance of HIV testing for children ages 18 months to 13 years identified through voluntary, home-based HIV counseling and testing in Western Kenya

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Vreeman, Rachel C ^a,b,c   Nyandiko, Winstone M ^c,d   Braitstein, Paula ^c,d   Were, Martin C ^b,c,d   Ayaya, Samwel O ^b,c   Ndege, Samson K ^a,b   Wiehe, Sarah E ^a,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ACADEMIC MODEL PROVIDING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AMPATH   (Kenya)

^d MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Barriers to testing; HIV; Home based testing; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FAMILY COUNSELING; FATHER; FEMALE; GRANDCHILD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; COUNSELING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY SIZE; HIV INFECTIONS; INFANT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM;

ADOLESCENT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUNSELING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; KENYA; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS;

EID: 77957320935     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181f0758f     Document Type: Article

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