Quality of home-based rapid HIV testing by community lay counsellors in a rural district of South Africa

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 16, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Jackson, Debra ^a   Naik, Reshma ^b   Tabana, Hanani ^b   Pillay, Mogiluxmi ^c   Madurai, Savathee ^c   Zembe, Wanga ^b   Doherty, Tanya ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c Global Clinical and Viral Laboratories   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Home based HIV testing and counselling; Quality assurance; Rapid HIV tests; Rural; Sensitivity; South Africa; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY LAY COUNSELLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DRIED BLOOD SPOT TESTING; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HIV RAPID TEST; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEEDLESTICK INJURY; NONMEDICAL OCCUPATIONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SKILL; SOUTH AFRICA; STAFF TRAINING;

HOME-BASED HIV TESTING AND COUNSELLING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RAPID HIV TESTS; RURAL; SENSITIVITY; SOUTH AFRICA; SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RURAL POPULATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AFRICA; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891717141     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.16.1.18744     Document Type: Article

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