The seven Cs of the high acceptability of home-based VCT: Results from a mixed methods approach in Zambia

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue , 2013, Pages 210-219

  Jürgensen, Marte ^a   Sandøy, Ingvild F ^a   Michelo, Charles ^b   Fylkesnes, Knut ^a   Mwangala, Sheila ^c   Blystad, Astrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Cluster randomized trial; Gender; HIV AIDS; Home based testing; Mixed methods; Sub Saharan Africa; Voluntary counselling and testing (VCT); Zambia

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CESIUM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; TESTING METHOD;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COHABITING PERSON; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIV TEST; HOME BASED VOLUNTARY HIV COUNSELLING AND TESTING; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STIGMA; TRUST; ZAMBIA;

CLUSTER-RANDOMIZED TRIAL; GENDER; HIV/AIDS; HOME-BASED TESTING; MIXED METHODS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VOLUNTARY COUNSELLING AND TESTING (VCT); ZAMBIA;

ADULT; AGED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

ZAMBIA;

EID: 84886234053     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.07.033     Document Type: Article

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