HIV prevalence among high school learners - Opportunities for schools-based HIV testing programmes and sexual reproductive health services

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kharsany, Ayesha B M ^a   Mlotshwa, Mukelisiwe ^a   Frohlich, Janet A ^a   Yende Zuma, Nonhlanhla ^a   Samsunder, Natasha ^a   Abdool Karim, Salim S ^a,b   Abdool Karim, Quarraisha ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV prevalence; surveillance; Young girls

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC SECTOR; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RISK-TAKING; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; STUDENTS;

EID: 84858726004     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-231     Document Type: Article

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