Utilization of HIV voluntary counseling and testing in Vietnam: An evaluation of 5 years of routine program data for national response

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 23, Issue 3 SUPPL., 2011, Pages 30-48

  Hong, Nguyen Thi Thu ^a   Wolfe, Mitchell I ^b   Dat, Tran Tien ^a   McFarland, Deborah A ^c   Lamb, Mary L ^d   Thang, Nguyen Trong ^e   Thai, Hoang Nam ^a   del Rio, Carlos ^c  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Centers for Disease Control CDC Thailand Field Station   (Thailand)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HETEROSEXUALITY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LESBIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SOCIAL STATUS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CONDOMS; COUNSELING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK-TAKING; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959822936     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2011.23.3_supp.30     Document Type: Article

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