Is 'Opt-Out HIV Testing' a real option among pregnant women in rural districts in Kenya?

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ujiji, Opondo Awiti ^a   Rubenson, Birgitta ^a   Ilako, Festus ^b   Marrone, Gaetano ^a   Wamalwa, David ^b   Wangalwa, Gilbert ^b   Ekström, Anna Mia ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; KENYA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953026778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-151     Document Type: Article

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