Factors associated with acceptability of HIV self-testing among health care workers in Kenya

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2014, Pages

  Kalibala, Samuel ^a   Tun, Waimar ^a   Cherutich, Peter ^b   Nganga, Anne ^b   Oweya, Erick ^c   Oluoch, Patricia ^c  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (United States)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Health care workers; HIV self test; HIV testing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; KENYA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; INTERVENTION STUDIES; KENYA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF CARE;

EID: 84904395521     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0830-z     Document Type: Article

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