Identifying barriers to HIV testing: Personal and contextual factors associated with late HIV testing

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 892-900

  Schwarcz, Sandra ^a,b   Richards, T Anne ^c   Frank, Heidi ^a   Wenzel, Conrad ^d   Chin Hsu, Ling ^a   Chin, Chi Sheng Jennie ^a   Murphy, Jessie ^d   Dilley, James ^d  

^a SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

delayed HIV diagnosis; HIV; HIV testing; late testing

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANUS INTERCOURSE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DRUG TOLERABILITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH INSURANCE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; IMMUNOASSAY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; ORAL SEXUAL CONTACT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNSAFE SEX; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK FACTORS; SAN FRANCISCO; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960358345     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2010.534436     Document Type: Article

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