HIV Prevalence and Antenatal Care Attendance among Pregnant Women in a Large Home-Based HIV Counseling and Testing Program in Western Kenya

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Ndege, Samson ^a,b   Washington, Sierra ^c   Kaaria, Alice ^a,d   Prudhomme O'Meara, Wendy ^a,b,e   Were, Edwin ^a,b   Nyambura, Monica ^a   Keter, Alfred K ^a   Wachira, Juddy ^a,b   Braitstein, Paula ^a,b,c,f,g  

^a ACADEMIC MODEL PROVIDING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE AMPATH   (Kenya)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MOI TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL   (Kenya)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CATCHMENT; CHILD; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 2; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; STATISTICS; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIV INFECTIONS; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIRECTIVE COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84958214358     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0144618     Document Type: Article

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