The association of HIV counseling and testing with HIV risk behaviors in a random population-based survey in Kisumu, Kenya

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 718-724

  Huchko, Megan J ^a   Montandon, Michele ^a   Nguti, Rosemary ^b   Bukusi, Elizabeth A ^a,c   Cohen, Craig R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

HIV prevention; HIV risk behaviors; HIV 1; Kenya; Voluntary counseling and testing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICS; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960006204     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-009-9649-4     Document Type: Article

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