Parents’ perceptions of HIV counselling and testing in schools: Ethical, legal and social implications
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Parents' perceptions of HIV counselling and testing in schools: ethical, legal and social implications.
In view of the high prevalence of HIV and AIDS in South Africa, particularly among adolescents, the Departments of Health and Education have proposed a school-based HIV counselling and testing (HCT) campaign to reduce HIV infections and sexual risk behaviour. Through the use of semi-structured interviews, our qualitative study explored perceptions of parents regarding the ethico-legal and socia...
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عنوان ژورنال: South African Medical Journal
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2078-5135,0256-9574
DOI: 10.7196/samj.6645