Mobile VCT: Reaching men and young people in urban and rural South African pilot studies (NIMH Project Accept, HPTN 043)

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2946-2953

  Van Rooyen, Heidi ^a   McGrath, Nuala ^b,c   Chirowodza, Admire ^d   Joseph, Philip ^a   Fiamma, Agnès ^e   Gray, Glenda ^f   Richter, Linda ^a,g   Coates, Thomas ^e  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^d Mothers2mothers   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Perinatal HIV Research Unit   (South Africa)

^g TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Men; Mobile VCT; Urban rural populations; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COUNSELING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84889087819     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0368-x     Document Type: Article

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