HIV testing service awareness and service uptake among female heads of household in rural Mozambique: results from a province-wide survey
Paulin HN, Blevins M, Koethe JR, Hinton N, Vaz L, Vergara AE, Mukolo A, Ndatimana E, Moon TD, Vermund SH, Wester CW. HIV testing service awareness and service uptake among female heads of household in rural Mozambique: results from a province-wide survey. BMC Public Health 2015, 15: 132. PMID: 25881182, PMCID: PMC4339241, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1388-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth service accessService uptakeVCT servicesRural Zambézia ProvinceHigh HIV prevalencePopulation-based surveyRemote rural settingsConclusionsMost womenRural MozambiqueHigh HIVVoluntary counselingTwo-stage cluster sampleHIV prevalenceProvince-wide surveyService accessHIV stigmaHealth facilitiesZambézia ProvinceStigma scoresTesting utilizationStigma reductionLogistic regressionBaseline measuresSurvey domainsVCT