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Department of Public Health and Family Medicine
An evaluation of a provider-initiated HIV testing and counselling (PITC) intervention for patients with sexually transmitted infections in Cape Town, South Africa
Abstract
dc:description.abstractThe objectives of the study were to assess the impact of a PITC intervention on HIV test uptake rates and on access to HIV care, to evaluate the extent to which ethical principles were upheld in its implementation, and to examine the influence of implementation factors on the intervention.
Degree
thesis:*- Grantor dc:publisher.institution
- Department of Public Health and Family Medicine
- Year dc:date.issued
- 2011
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Leon, Natalie H
- Advisors dc:contributor.advisor
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- Mathews, Catherine
- Lewin, Simon
Rights
- Language dc:language.iso
- eng
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Handle dc:identifier.uri
- http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10870
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10870