Acceptance and access : home-based HIV counselling and testing and barriers to care in rural Western Kenya

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dc.contributor.advisorMathews, Catherineen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorNakao, Jolene Hen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-01-13T04:03:27Z
dc.date.available2015-01-13T04:03:27Z
dc.date.issued2009en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes abstract.en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (leaves 83-94).en_ZA
dc.description.abstractHome-based HIV counselling and testing (HBCT) is a wayt to provide confidential HIV testing in a person's home. As home-based testing has not yet been evaluated on a wide scale in Kenya among adult individuals [over age 15], this project is designed to assess in rural Kenya 1) overall acceptance rates and variables that predict differential acceptance rates of home-based HIV testing, 2) reasons for refusal of home-based testing, and 3) barriers to seeking treatment for people who are HIV positive.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationNakao, J. H. (2009). <i>Acceptance and access : home-based HIV counselling and testing and barriers to care in rural Western Kenya</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Public Health and Family Medicine. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12137en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationNakao, Jolene H. <i>"Acceptance and access : home-based HIV counselling and testing and barriers to care in rural Western Kenya."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12137en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationNakao, J. 2009. Acceptance and access : home-based HIV counselling and testing and barriers to care in rural Western Kenya. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Nakao, Jolene H AB - Home-based HIV counselling and testing (HBCT) is a wayt to provide confidential HIV testing in a person's home. As home-based testing has not yet been evaluated on a wide scale in Kenya among adult individuals [over age 15], this project is designed to assess in rural Kenya 1) overall acceptance rates and variables that predict differential acceptance rates of home-based HIV testing, 2) reasons for refusal of home-based testing, and 3) barriers to seeking treatment for people who are HIV positive. DA - 2009 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2009 T1 - Acceptance and access : home-based HIV counselling and testing and barriers to care in rural Western Kenya TI - Acceptance and access : home-based HIV counselling and testing and barriers to care in rural Western Kenya UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12137 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/12137
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationNakao JH. Acceptance and access : home-based HIV counselling and testing and barriers to care in rural Western Kenya. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Public Health and Family Medicine, 2009 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/12137en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Public Health and Family Medicineen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherPublic Healthen_ZA
dc.titleAcceptance and access : home-based HIV counselling and testing and barriers to care in rural Western Kenyaen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMPHen_ZA
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