Effects of home-based Voluntary Counselling and Testing on HIV-related stigma: Findings from a cluster-randomized trial in Zambia

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 81, Issue , 2013, Pages 18-25

  Jürgensen, Marte ^a   Sandøy, Ingvild Fossgard ^a   Michelo, Charles ^b   Fylkesnes, Knut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Cluster randomized trial; Discrimination; HIV AIDS; Home based counselling and testing; Linear regression; Stigma; Sub Saharan Africa; Voluntary Counselling and Testing; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HIV TEST; HOME CARE; HOMOSEXUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOBILIZATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PROSTITUTION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DESIRABILITY; SOCIAL STIGMA; ZAMBIA;

ADULT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HIV INFECTIONS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; STEREOTYPING; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS; ZAMBIA;

ZAMBIA;

EID: 84874329524     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.01.011     Document Type: Article

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