HIV testing and willingness to get HIV testing at a peer-run drop-in centre for people who inject drugs in Bangkok, Thailand

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ti, Lianping ^a,b   Hayashi, Kanna ^b,c   Kaplan, Karyn ^d   Suwannawong, Paisan ^d   Fu, Eric ^b   Wood, Evan ^b,c   Kerr, Thomas ^b,c,e  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d Thai AIDS Treatment Action Group   (Thailand)

^e BRITISH COLUMBIA CENTRE FOR EXCELLENCE IN HIV AIDS   (Canada)

Author keywords

HIV testing; Injection drug use; Peer based interventions; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMUNITY CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THAILAND; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; THAILAND;

EID: 84857926408     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-189     Document Type: Article

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