'It's better not to know': perceived barriers to HIV voluntary counseling and testing among sub-Saharan African migrants in Belgium

L Manirankunda; J Loos; TA Alou; R Colebunders; C Nöstlinger

doi:10.1521/aeap.2009.21.6.582

'It's better not to know': perceived barriers to HIV voluntary counseling and testing among sub-Saharan African migrants in Belgium

L Manirankunda, J Loos, TA Alou, R Colebunders, C Nöstlinger

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Original language	English
Journal	AIDS Education and Prevention
Volume	21
Issue number	6
Pages (from-to)	582-593
Number of pages	12
ISSN	0899-9546
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1521/aeap.2009.21.6.582
Publication status	Published - 2009

Keywords

B780-tropical-medicine
Viral diseases
HIV
AIDS
Voluntary counseling and testing (VCT)
VCT
Health care seeking behavior
Barriers
Perceptions
Knowledge
Stigma
Migrants
Africa
Belgium
Europe-West

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