Uptake of voluntary counselling and testing among young people participating in an HIV prevention trial: Comparison of opt-out and opt-in strategies

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Baisley, Kathy ^a   Doyle, Aoife M ^a,b   Changalucha, John ^c   Maganja, Kaballa ^b   Watson Jones, Deborah ^a,b   Hayes, Richard ^a   Ross, David ^a  

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

^b National Institute for Medical Research   (Tanzania)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MARRIAGE; PATIENT COUNSELING; RELIGION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; TANZANIA;

ADULT; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE CONTROL; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865304884     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042108     Document Type: Article

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