HIV self-testing practices among Health Care Workers: Feasibility and options for accelerating HIV testing services in Ethiopia

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 15, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kebede, Bekana ^a   Abate, Tatek ^a   Mekonnen, Desalew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Ethiopia; Health care workers; HIV; Self test; VCT

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PRACTICE; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; LABORATORY PERSONNEL; MALE; MARKET; MIDWIFE; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PREVALENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; WORKPLACE; ADULT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE WORKERS; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CARE; SELF-TEST; STATISTICS; TIME; VCT; HIV INFECTIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ETHIOPIA; HEALTH CARE WORKERS; HIV; SELF-TEST; VCT;

ADULT; CONFIDENTIALITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84887482398     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2013.15.50.2328     Document Type: Article

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