Good and Bad Sides of HIV Voluntary Counseling and Testing
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Attitude of Health Care Professionals Towards Voluntary Counseling and Testing for HIV/AIDS
Introduction: HIV counseling and testing is the vital and preliminary interventional step aimed at reducing the spread of HIV infection. The study was designed to determine the attitude of health care professionals towards voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) for HIV/AIDS at Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital. Materials & Methods: In this descriptive cross sectional prospective study a sel...
متن کاملVoluntary Counseling and Testing
allows individuals to learn their HIV status through preand post-test counseling and an HIV test. VCT is client-initiated, as opposed to provider-initiated testing and counseling (PITC) when health care providers initiate discussion of HIV testing with clients who are seeking health care for other reasons. VCT can be provided through stand-alone clinics or offered through community-based approa...
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29 Background: Voluntary HIV counseling and testing (VCT) is a key strategy towards 30 HIV prevention yet, the uptake of VCT services among young people remains low. 31 This study determined the factors that influence the uptake of VCT among secondary 32 school students in Arusha City, Tanzania. 33 Methodology: A cross sectional study using quantitative methods was conducted. A 34 multi-stage s...
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OBJECTIVE Voluntary HIV counseling and testing are provided to all Brazilian pregnant women with the purpose of reducing mother-to-child HIV transmission. The purpose of the study was to assess characteristics of HIV testing and identify factors associated with HIV counseling and testing. METHODS A cross-sectional study was carried out comprising 1,658 mothers living in Porto Alegre, Brazil. ...
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introduction: voluntary counseling and testing (vct) for hiv infection is a confidential service offered to individuals in the community. this study intended to present a pattern for regional surveillance of vct services in iran. methods: this was an applied descriptive study. at first, the existing regional vct surveillance in 2009 was investigated through visiting the clinical deputy of medic...
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عنوان ژورنال: Croatian Medical Journal
سال: 2009
ISSN: 0353-9504,1332-8166
DOI: 10.3325/cmj.2009.50.410