Barriers and Facilitators to HIV Testing among Zambian Female Sex Workers in Three Transit Hubs

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 290-296

  Chanda, Michael M ^a   Perez Brumer, Amaya G ^b   Ortblad, Katrina F ^c   Mwale, Magdalene ^a   Chongo, Steven ^a   Kamungoma, Nyambe ^a   Kanchele, Catherine ^a   Fullem, Andrew ^a   Barresi, Leah ^c   Bärnighausen, Till ^c,d,e   Oldenburg, Catherine E ^f  

^a JOHN SNOW INC   (United States)

^b Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^e AFRICA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

female sex workers; HIV testing; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENTIALITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; PARTNER VIOLENCE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL SCREENING; PROSTITUTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SEX WORKER; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ZAMBIAN; ADULT; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MASS SCREENING; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; SEX WORKERS; SOCIAL STIGMA; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 85023747282     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: 15577449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2017.0016     Document Type: Article

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