HIV Testing Behaviors and Attitudes Among Community Recruited Methamphetamine Users in a South African Township

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 186-191

  Meade, Christina S ^a   Towe, Sheri L ^a   Watt, Melissa H ^a   Hobkirk, Andrea L ^a   Skinner, Donald ^b   Myers, Bronwyn ^c,d   Kimani, Stephen M ^a   Pieterse, Desiree ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Drug abuse; HIV testing; HIV AIDS; Methamphetamine; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLACK PERSON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; METHAMPHETAMINE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK-TAKING; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84939886075     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0795-y     Document Type: Article

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