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| Title |
Knowledge, attitude and practice towards voluntary counseling and testing among university students in North West Ethiopia: a cross sectional study
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| Published in |
BMC Public Health, August 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-13-714 |
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| Authors |
Zelalem Addis, Aregawi Yalew, Yitayal Shiferaw, Abebe Alemu, Wubet Birhan, Biniam Mathewose, Belayenesh Tachebele |
| Abstract |
Voluntary counseling and testing (VCT) is one among different approaches which have been implemented as an attempt to slow the spread of HIV infection and minimize its impact at the individual, family and society level. VCT is perceived to be an effective strategy in risk reduction among sexually active young people like tertiary level students. Ethiopia as a country with high burden of HIV started responding to the epidemic by preparing and updating guidelines on VCT. The objective of this study was to assess the level of knowledge, attitude and practice of Voluntary Counseling and Testing (VCT) for HIV among university students in North West Ethiopia. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 67% |
| Unknown | 1 | 33% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 228 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 227 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 50 | 22% |
| Student > Bachelor | 37 | 16% |
| Researcher | 21 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 16 | 7% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 7% |
| Other | 30 | 13% |
| Unknown | 59 | 26% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 49 | 21% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 46 | 20% |
| Social Sciences | 24 | 11% |
| Psychology | 12 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 26 | 11% |
| Unknown | 67 | 29% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 29 August 2013.
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#14,172,739
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Outputs from BMC Public Health
#10,281
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#111,443
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Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#171
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