Impact of family planning health talks by lay health workers on contraceptive knowledge and attitudes among HIV-infected patients in rural Kenya

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 438-441

  Onono, Maricianah ^a   Blat, Cinthia ^b   Miles, Sondra ^b   Steinfeld, Rachel ^b   Wekesa, Pauline ^a   Bukusi, Elizabeth A ^a   Owuor, Kevin ^a   Grossman, Daniel ^b,c   Cohen, Craig R ^b   Newmann, Sara J ^b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c IBIS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Community health workers; Contraception; Family planning; Health talk; HIV; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT EDUCATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 84894030345     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2013.11.008     Document Type: Article

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