Provider-initiated HIV testing and counseling: Increased uptake in two public community health centers in south africa and implications for scale-up

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Dalal, Shona ^a   Lee, Chung won ^a   Farirai, Thato ^a   Schilsky, Allison ^a   Goldman, Thurma ^a   Moore, Janet ^a   Bock, Naomi N ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSULTATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SURVEY; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERNET; LEADERSHIP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SCALE UP; SOUTH AFRICA; ADOLESCENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INTERVENTION STUDY; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATHOGENICITY; SERODIAGNOSIS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81255128924     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027293     Document Type: Article

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