Knowledge and misconceptions about hiv counseling and testing (hct) among the post-conflict youths of gulu, northern uganda. a prospective study design

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Kitara, David Lagoro ^a   Amone, Charles ^a   Okello, Christopher ^a  

^a GULU UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Hiv counseling and testing (hct); Knowledge; Post conflict; Uganda; Youths

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AIDS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIV EDUCATION; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERVIEW; JUVENILE; MALE; MEDICAL ETHICS; NORMAL HUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SERODIAGNOSIS; SOCIAL STIGMA; UGANDA;

EID: 84871477557     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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