HIV/AIDS-Related Knowledge and Willingness to Participate in Voluntary Counseling and Testing among Health Sciences University Students
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Knowledge, attitude and practice towards voluntary counseling and testing among university students in North West Ethiopia: a cross sectional study
BACKGROUND Voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) is one among different approaches which have been implemented as an attempt to slow the spread of HIV infection and minimize its impact at the individual, family and society level. VCT is perceived to be an effective strategy in risk reduction among sexually active young people like tertiary level students. Ethiopia as a country with high burden...
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عنوان ژورنال: Jurnal Ners
سال: 2019
ISSN: 2502-5791,1858-3598
DOI: 10.20473/jn.v13i2.6716