Burden of HIV among primary school children and feasibility of primary school-linked HIV testing in Harare, Zimbabwe: A mixed methods study

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1520-1526

  Bandason, Tsitsi ^a   Langhaug, Lisa F ^b,c   Makamba, Memory ^c   Laver, Sue ^d   Hatzold, Karin ^e   Mahere, Stephen ^f   Munyati, Shungu ^a   Mungofa, Stanley ^g   Corbett, Elizabeth L ^a,h,i   Ferrand, Rashida A ^a,h  

^a BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^d UNICEF   (United States)

^e POPULATION SERVICES INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^f Ministry of Education and Culture   (Zimbabwe)

^g Harare City Health   (Zimbabwe)

^h LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ MALAWI LIVERPOOL WELLCOME TRUST CLINICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Malawi)

Author keywords

Africa; HCT; HIV; primary school pupils; stigma

Indexed keywords

ADOPTED CHILD; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STUNTING; WASTING SYNDROME; ZIMBABWE; ADOLESCENT; AFRICA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; COUNSELING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVALUATION STUDY; HIV INFECTIONS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS SCREENING; ORPHANED CHILD; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOL; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICA, SOUTHERN; CHILD; CHILD, ORPHANED; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; COUNSELING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL STIGMA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84888160753     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2013.780120     Document Type: Article

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