Starting a home and mobile HIV testing service in a rural area of South Africa

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Maheswaran, Hendramoorthy ^a,b   Thulare, Hilary ^b   Stanistreet, Debbi ^c   Tanser, Frank ^b   Newell, Marie Louise ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

HIV testing; Home based; Mobile based; Resource constrained

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MARRIED MAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MOBILE HEALTH UNITS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84859778064     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3182414ed7     Document Type: Article

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