Barriers to HIV counselling and testing uptake by health workers in three public hospitals in Free State Province, South Africa

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 198-205

  Khan, Rabia ^a   Yassi, Annalee ^a   Engelbrecht, Michelle C ^b   Nophale, Letshego ^c   Van Rensburg, André J ^b   Spiegel, Jerry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

^c Provincial Occupational Health Unit   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Confidentiality; HCT; Health worker; HIV; Occupational health; Stigma

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONFIDENTIALITY; COWORKER; EMPLOYER; FEMALE; FRIEND; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PATIENT COUNSELING; PERCEPTION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOUTH AFRICA; SPOUSE; WORKPLACE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPLICATION; COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV INFECTIONS; MASS SCREENING; MULTICENTER STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SERODIAGNOSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

AIDS SERODIAGNOSIS; COUNSELING; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOUTH AFRICA; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84920822507     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2014.951308     Document Type: Article

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