Influence network effectiveness in promoting couples' HIV voluntary counseling and testing in Kigali, Rwanda

AIDS

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 217-227

  Wall, Kristin ^a   Karita, Etienne ^b,c   Nizam, Azhar ^a   Bekan, Brigitte ^d   Sardar, Gurkiran ^d   Casanova, Deborah ^d   Davey, Davora Joseph ^d   De Clercq, Freya ^d   Kestelyn, Evelyn ^d   Bayingana, Roger ^d   Tichacek, Amanda ^c   Allen, Susan ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Project San Francisco (PSF)   (Rwanda)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Community workers; Couples' voluntary counseling and testing; HIV; Rwanda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RWANDA;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RWANDA; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS;

EID: 84155166855     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: 14735571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAD.0b013e32834dc593     Document Type: Article

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