Feasibility and acceptability of point of care HIV testing in community outreach and GUM drop-in services in the North West of England: A programmatic evaluation

BMC Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  MacPherson, Peter ^a,b   Chawla, Anu ^c   Jones, Kathy ^c   Coffey, Emer ^d   Spaine, Vida ^a   Harrison, Ian ^d   Jelliman, Pauline ^d   Phillips Howard, Penelope ^e   Beynon, Caryl ^e   Taegtmeyer, Miriam ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL SCHOOL OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL LIVERPOOL AND BROADGREEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^e LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED KINGDOM; UROGENITAL SYSTEM;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; ENGLAND; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; UROGENITAL SYSTEM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957634905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-419     Document Type: Article

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