Lack of knowledge of HIV status a major barrier to HIV prevention, care and treatment efforts in Kenya: Results from a nationally representative study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Cherutich, Peter ^a   Kaiser, Reinhard ^b   Galbraith, Jennifer ^b   Williamson, John ^b   Shiraishi, Ray W ^c   Ngare, Carol ^a   Mermin, Jonathan ^b,c   Marum, Elizabeth ^b   Bunnell, Rebecca ^b,d  

^a National AIDS/STI Control Programme (NASCOP)   (Kenya)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CIRCUMCISION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SYPHILIS; WEALTH INDEX; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 2;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; DATA COLLECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PLANNING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; LABORATORIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF REPORT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84860538857     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0036797     Document Type: Article

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