Factors contributing to home-based acceptability of rapid testing for HIV infection among the inner city commuter population in Johannesburg, South Africa

Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 108, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 632-638

  Muloongo, Keith ^a   Tshuma, Ndumiso ^a   Chimoyi, Lucy ^b   Setswe, Geoffrey ^c   Sarfo, Bismark ^e   Nyasulu, Peter ^d,f  

^a Community AIDS Response ^*  (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^f MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Commuter population; Counselling; HIV; HIV testing; Home based testing; Johannesburg

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HIV RAPID TEST; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIED PERSON; PATIENT COUNSELING; SCHOOL; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; HIV INFECTIONS; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; RISK; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84920097638     PISSN: 00359203     EISSN: 18783503     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/trstmh/tru122     Document Type: Article

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