The Spear and Shield intervention to increase the availability and acceptability of voluntary medical male circumcision in Zambia: a cluster randomised controlled trial

The Lancet HIV

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2015, Pages e181-e189

  Weiss, Stephen M ^a   Zulu, Robert ^b   Jones, Deborah L ^a   Redding, Colleen A ^c   Cook, Ryan ^a   Chitalu, Ndashi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CIRCUMCISION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE BEHAVIORAL THERAPY; CONDOM USE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT; FOLLOW UP; FUNDING; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEXUAL EDUCATION; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; ZAMBIA; ADOLESCENT; CONDOM; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CIRCUMCISION, MALE; CONDOMS; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 85016923868     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23523018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2352-3018(15)00042-9     Document Type: Article

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