Willingness to access peer-delivered HIV testing and counseling among people who inject drugs in Bangkok, Thailand

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 427-433

  Ti, Lianping ^a,b   Hayashi, Kanna ^a,b   Kaplan, Karyn ^c   Suwannawong, Paisan ^c   Wood, Evan ^a,b   Montaner, Julio ^a,b   Kerr, Thomas ^a,b  

^a ST PAUL S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Thai AIDS Treatment Action Group   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Peer delivered; People who inject drugs; Thailand; Voluntary HIV counseling and testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SERODIAGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THAILAND; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COUNSELING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PEER GROUP; SEX FACTORS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; THAILAND;

EID: 84877924125     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-012-9635-z     Document Type: Article

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