Factors determining prenatal HIV testing for prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in mpumalanga, south africa

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1115-1123

  Peltzer, Karl ^a,b   Mlambo, Gladys ^a   Phaweni, Khanyisa ^b  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Determinants; Mpumalanga; Prenatal HIV testing; Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CHILD; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MASS SCREENING; MOTHERS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79952112148     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-009-9662-7     Document Type: Article

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