Exploring staff attitudes to routine HIV testing in non-traditional settings: A qualitative study in four healthcare facilities

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 601-606

  Thornton, Alicia Claire ^a   Rayment, Michael ^b   Elam, Gillian ^c   Atkins, Mark ^b   Jones, Rachel ^b   Nardone, Anthony ^a   Roberts, Patrick ^b   Tenant Flowers, Melinda ^d   Anderson, Jane ^e   Sullivan, Ann Kathleen ^b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e HOMERTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH FACILITIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871610948     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2012-050584     Document Type: Article

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