Understanding Barriers to Routine HIV Screening: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Healthcare Providers in King County, Washington

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Shirreffs, Alexandra ^a   Lee, David P ^a   Henry, Jsani ^a,b   Golden, Matthew R ^a,b   Stekler, Joanne D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH SEATTLE AND KING COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONVENIENCE SAMPLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MASS SCREENING; ONLINE SYSTEM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; WASHINGTON;

EID: 84866119379     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0044417     Document Type: Article

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