Facility and home based HIV Counseling and Testing: A comparative analysis of uptake of services by rural communities in southwestern Uganda

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mulogo, Edgar M ^a   Abdulaziz, Aden S ^b   Guerra, Ranieri ^b   Baine, Sebastian O ^c  

^a MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952199567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-54     Document Type: Article

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