Home-based HIV testing for men who have sex with men in China: A novel community-based partnership to complement government programs

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 7, 2014, Pages

  Tao, Jun ^a   Li, Ming Ying ^b   Qian, Han Zhu ^a,c   Wang, Li Juan ^b   Zhang, Zheng ^b   Ding, Hai Feng ^b   Ji, Ya Cheng ^e   Li, Dong Liang ^b   Xiao, Dong ^f   Hazlitt, Melissa ^g   Vermund, Sten H ^a,d   Xiu, Xiangfei ^h   Bao, Yugang ^h,i  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Chaoyang Chinese AIDS Volunteer Group   (China)

^g MEHARRY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^h AIDS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION   (United States)

ⁱ CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCURRENT SEXUAL PARTNERSHIP; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIV TEST; HOME CARE; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; INFECTION RISK; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEN WHO HAVE SEX WITH MEN; SELF EVALUATION; SELF REPORT; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COMMUNITY CARE; ETHNOLOGY; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904607513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0102812     Document Type: Article

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