The burden of knowing: Balancing benefits and barriers in HIV testing decisions. A qualitative study from Zambia

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Jürgensen, Marte ^a   Tuba, Mary ^a,b   Fylkesnes, Knut ^a   Blystad, Astrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; ZAMBIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEAR; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL HEALTH; STEREOTYPING; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84856424605     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-12-2     Document Type: Review

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