Feasibility of supervised self-testing using an oral fluid-based HIV rapid testing method: A cross-sectional, mixed method study among pregnant women in rural India: A

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Sarkar, Archana ^a   Mburu, Gitau ^b,c   Shivkumar, Poonam Varma ^d   Sharma, Pankhuri ^a   Campbell, Fiona ^e   Behera, Jagannath ^a   Dargan, Ritu ^a   Mishra, Surendra Kumar ^a   Mehra, Sunil ^a  

^a MAMTA Health Institute for Mother and Child   (India)

^b International HIV AIDS Alliance   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

acceptability; feasibility; India; pregnant women; supervised HIV self testing

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS ANTIBODY; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; SELF EVALUATION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; COUNSELING; EVALUATION STUDY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; IMMUNOLOGY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MASS SCREENING; MOUTH; PREGNANCY; PROCEDURES; SELF CARE; VIROLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INDIA; MASS SCREENING; MOUTH; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMEN; RURAL POPULATION; SELF CARE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85030444041     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.19.1.20993     Document Type: Article

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