Willingness of clinicians to integrate microbicides into HIV prevention practices in Southern Africa

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1821-1829

  Harper, Cynthia C ^a   Holt, Kelsey ^b   Nhemachena, Taazadza ^c   Chipato, Tsungai ^c   Ramjee, Gita ^d   Stratton, Laura ^a   Blum, Maya ^a   McCulloch, Charles E ^a   Mgweba, Sibongile ^e   Blanchard, Kelly ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IBIS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (United States)

^c UZ UCSF   (Zimbabwe)

^d SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^e CASE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Clinicians; HIV prevention for women; Microbicides; South Africa; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

TOPICAL ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; ZIMBABWE;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS, LOCAL; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84868487513     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-0109-6     Document Type: Article

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