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| Title |
HIV prevalence among high school learners - opportunities for schools-based HIV testing programmes and sexual reproductive health services
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Public Health, March 2012
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2458-12-231 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ayesha BM Kharsany, Mukelisiwe Mlotshwa, Janet A Frohlich, Nonhlanhla Yende Zuma, Natasha Samsunder, Salim S Abdool Karim, Quarraisha Abdool Karim |
| Abstract |
Young girls in sub Saharan Africa are reported to have higher rates of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection compared to boys in the same age group. Knowledge of HIV status amongst high schools learners provides an important gateway to prevention and treatment services. This study aimed at determining the HIV prevalence and explored the feasibility of HIV testing among high school learners. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 3 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 3 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 114 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1 | <1% |
| United States | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 111 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 21 | 18% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 16 | 14% |
| Researcher | 13 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 9% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 7% |
| Other | 20 | 18% |
| Unknown | 26 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 30 | 26% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 17 | 15% |
| Social Sciences | 16 | 14% |
| Business, Management and Accounting | 4 | 4% |
| Psychology | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 12 | 11% |
| Unknown | 31 | 27% |
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 13 April 2012.
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#14,725,323
of 22,663,969 outputs
Outputs from BMC Public Health
#10,806
of 14,744 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#99,446
of 160,668 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Public Health
#135
of 178 outputs
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