Factors impacting HIV testing: A review - Perspectives from Australia, Canada, and the UK

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

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 570-580

  Bolsewicz, K ^a   Vallely, A ^b,c   Debattista, J ^d   Whittaker, A ^e   Fitzgerald, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c PAPUA NEW GUINEA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Papua New Guinea)

^d METRO NORTH HOSPITAL AND HEALTH SERVICE   (Australia)

^e MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Canada; Framework; HIV testing; Review; UK

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; CANADA; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL ORIENTATION; SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UTILIZATION;

AUSTRALIA; CANADA; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84924754886     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2014.986050     Document Type: Review

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