High HIV testing uptake and linkage to care in a novel program of home-based HIV counseling and testing with facilitated referral in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Van Rooyen, Heidi ^a   Barnabas, Ruanne V ^b,c   Baeten, Jared M ^b   Phakathi, Zipho ^a   Joseph, Philip ^a   Krows, Meighan ^b   Hong, Ting ^b   Murnane, Pamela M ^b   Hughes, James ^b,c   Celum, Connie ^b  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Facilitated referral and linkage to care; HIV infectiousness; HIV treatment and adherence; Home based counseling and testing; Point of care CD4

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; FEMALE; HIV TEST; HOME BASED COUNSELING AND TESTING; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; POINT OF CARE TESTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PILOT PROJECTS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREVALENCE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RURAL POPULATION; SOUTH AFRICA; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84883452886     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e31829b567d     Document Type: Article

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