‘When I get better I will do the test’: Facilitators and barriers to HIV testing in Northwest Region of Cameroon with implications for TB and HIV/AIDS control programmes;‘Quand j'irai mieux, je ferai le test’: Facilitateurs et obstacles au dépistage du sida dans la région du Nord-Ouest du Cameroun, avec ses implications pour les programmes de contrôle de la tuberculose et du VIH/SIDA

Sahara J

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 24-32

  Njozing, Nwarbébé Barnabas ^a,b   Edin, Kerstin E ^a   Hurtig, Anna Karin ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Swedish Research School for Global Health   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Counselling and testing; HIV; Northwest Region; Tuberculosis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAMEROON; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; DECISION MAKING; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RELIGION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CAMEROON; COMORBIDITY; DECISION MAKING; FEAR; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEN; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREJUDICE; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 78650093701     PISSN: 17290376     EISSN: 18134424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17290376.2010.9724974     Document Type: Article

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