Promotion of couples’ voluntary HIV counseling and testing in Lusaka, Zambia by influence network leaders and agents
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Promotion of couples’ voluntary HIV counselling and testing in Lusaka, Zambia by influence network leaders and agents
OBJECTIVES Hypothesising that couples' voluntary counselling and testing (CVCT) promotions can increase CVCT uptake, this study identified predictors of successful CVCT promotion in Lusaka, Zambia. DESIGN Cohort study. SETTING Lusaka, Zambia. PARTICIPANTS 68 influential network leaders (INLs) identified 320 agents (INAs) who delivered 29 119 CVCT invitations to heterosexual couples. INT...
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عنوان ژورنال: Retrovirology
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1742-4690
DOI: 10.1186/1742-4690-9-s2-p210