Utilization of HIV and Tuberculosis Services by Health Care Workers in Uganda: Implications for Occupational Health Policies and Implementation

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Buregyeya, Esther ^a,d   Nuwaha, Fred ^a   Wanyenze, Rhoda K ^a   Mitchell, Ellen M H ^b   Criel, Bart ^c   Verver, Suzanne ^b   Kasasa, Simon ^a   Colebunders, Robert ^c,d  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^b KNCV TUBERCULOSIS FOUNDATION   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONFIDENTIALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCREENING TEST; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TUBERCULOSIS; TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL; UGANDA; WORKPLACE;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; TUBERCULOSIS; UGANDA;

EID: 84867427048     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046069     Document Type: Article

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