Promoting the uptake of HIV testing among men who have sex with men: Systematic review of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 272-278

  Lorenc, Theo ^a   Marrero Guillamón, Isaac ^b   Aggleton, Peter ^c   Cooper, Chris ^d   Llewellyn, Alexis ^e   Lehmann, Angela ^e   Lindsay, Catriona ^e  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e Matrix Evidence   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; PEER COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79956269500     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sti.2010.048280     Document Type: Review

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