Factors Influencing Utilization of Voluntary Counseling and Testing Service in Kasenyi Fishing Community in Uganda

Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 503-511

  Mugisha, Emmanuel ^a   van Rensburg, Gisela Hildegard ^b   Potgieter, Eugine ^b  

^a Program for Appropriate Technology in Health (PATH)   (Uganda)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

HIV; Uganda; VCT service delivery; VCT service utilization; Voluntary counseling and testing (VCT)

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; SERODIAGNOSIS; UGANDA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; UGANDA;

EID: 78149405931     PISSN: 10553290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jana.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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