An incentivized HIV counseling and testing program targeting hard-to-reach unemployed men in Cape Town South Africa

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Nglazi, Mweete D ^a,b   Van Schaik, Nienke ^a   Kranzer, Katharina ^c   Lawn, Stephen D ^a,c   Wood, Robin ^a   Bekker, Linda Gail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b INTERNATIONAL UNION AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS AND LUNG DISEASE   (France)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HIV; Incentives; Mobile services; Sub Saharan Africa; Voluntary counseling and testing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COUNSELING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HIV COUNSELING AND TESTING PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF REPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; UNEMPLOYMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COUNSELING; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNEMPLOYMENT; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859736544     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31824445f0     Document Type: Article

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