Piloting an HIV self-test kit voucher program to raise serostatus awareness of high-risk African Americans, Los Angeles

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Marlin, Robert W ^a   Young, Sean D ^a   Bristow, Claire C ^a   Wilson, Greg ^b   Rodriguez, Jeffrey ^c   Ortiz, Jose ^d   Mathew, Rhea ^d   Klausner, Jeffrey D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b E Olympic Boulevard ^*  (United States)

^c LOS ANGELES LGBT CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Feasibility; HIV; In home testing; Los Angeles; Self testing; Voucher

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AWARENESS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PHARMACY; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; REIMBURSEMENT; RISK; SELF EVALUATION; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AWARENESS; DATA COLLECTION; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH, REIMBURSEMENT; LOS ANGELES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; PHARMACEUTICAL SERVICES; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964313020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1226     Document Type: Article

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