Factors influencing the uptake of voluntary HIV counseling and testing in rural Ethiopia: A cross sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Teklehaimanot, Hailay D ^a   Teklehaimanot, Awash ^a   Yohannes, Mekonnen ^b   Biratu, Dawit ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b MEKELLE UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Community conversation; Ethiopia; HEP; HEWs; HIV AIDS; Model family; Rural; VCT utilization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONVERSATION; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY; FAMILY STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN TISSUE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OCCUPATION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLING; STIGMA; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HIV INFECTIONS; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VOLUNTARY PROGRAM; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VOLUNTARY PROGRAMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960412979     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-2918-z     Document Type: Article

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