Field-based video pre-test counseling, oral testing, and telephonic post-test counseling: Implementation of an HIV field testing package among high-risk Indian men

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 309-326

  Snyder, Hannah ^a   Yeldandi, Vijay V ^b   Kumar, G Prem ^c   Liao, Chuanhong ^d   Lakshmi, Vemu ^e   Gandham, Sabitha R ^b   Muppudi, Uma ^f   Oruganti, Ganesh ^b   Schneider, John A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b SHARE India in Hyderabad ^*  (India)

^c PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^f California College for Health Sciences Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; DRIVER; EDUCATION; FOLLOW UP; GOVERNMENT; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE HOMOSEXUAL; ORAL TESTING COUNSELING; TELEPHONIC POST TEST COUNSELING; VIDEO PRE TEST COUNSELING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COUNSELING; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREJUDICE; RISK-TAKING; TELEPHONE; TRANSPORTATION; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864382856     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2012.24.4.309     Document Type: Article

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