Does provider-initiated counselling and testing (PITC) strengthen early diagnosis and treatment initiation? Results from an analysis of an urban cohort of HIV-positive patients in Lusaka, Zambia

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Topp, Stephanie M ^a,b,c   Li, Michelle S ^a,d   Chipukuma, Julien M ^a   Chiko, Matimba M ^e   Matongo, Evelyn ^a   Bolton Moore, Carolyn ^a,d   Reid, Stewart E ^a,d  

^a CENTRE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE RESEARCH IN ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^e Lusaka District Health Management Board   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Early treatment; HIV; HIV testing; Integration; PITC

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIDER INITIATED COUNSELLING AND TESTING SERVICE; TREATMENT DURATION; VOLUNTARY TESTING AND COUNSELLING SERVICE; ZAMBIA; COUNSELING; EVALUATION; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COHORT STUDIES; COUNSELING; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 84872873694     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.15.2.17352     Document Type: Article

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