Women's views on consent, counseling and confidentiality in PMTCT: A mixed-methods study in four African countries

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Hardon, Anita ^a   Vernooij, Eva ^a   Bongololo Mbera, Grace ^b   Cherutich, Peter ^c   Desclaux, Alice ^d   Kyaddondo, David ^e   Ky Zerbo, Odette ^f   Neuman, Melissa ^g   Wanyenze, Rhoda ^e   Obermeyer, Carla ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Research for Equity and Community Health Trust   (Malawi)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^f Programme d'Appui Au Monde Associatif and Communautaire de Lutte Contre le VIH/SIDA   (Burkina Faso)

^g HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^h AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Africa; Consent; Counseling; Disclosure; HIV testing; PMTCT

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; COUNSELING; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CONFIDENTIALITY; COUNSELING; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855602121     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-26     Document Type: Article

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