Home-based HIV testing for men preferred over clinic-based testing by pregnant women and their male partners, a nested cross-sectional study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Osoti, Alfred Onyango ^a,b,c   John Stewart, Grace ^c   Kiarie, James Njogu ^a   Barbra, Richardson ^c,d   Kinuthia, John ^a,e   Krakowiak, Daisy ^c   Farquhar, Carey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b AIC KIJABE HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^e KENYATTA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Antenatal settings; Couple; HIV testing; Home based; Male; Partner; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CENTER; HIV TEST; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; THREAT; ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT PREFERENCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84938932346     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-1053-2     Document Type: Article

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