What may encourage or deter health services utilization by people living with or at the risk of HIV/AIDS in special health centers? Qualitative evidence from a stigmatized community

Abstract Background Behavioral Diseases Counseling Centers (BDCCs) and Vulnerable Women’s Counseling Centers (VWCCs) in Iran are the main peripheral centers that offer educational, counseling, diagnostic, preventive, curative and protective services to individuals living with or at high risk of cont...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Bazyar, Samaneh Tahmasebi Ghorabi, Jamil Sadeghifar, Mohammad Ranjbar, Reza Pakzad, Fatemeh Bonyadi, Keyvan Khasi, Ebrahim Shakiba, Mahtab Nourbakhsh, Leila Rezeghian, Boshra Noshadi, Mehrdad Bavandpour, Azim HasanBeigi, Anahita Behzadi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2024-04-01
Series:BMC Public Health
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-024-18480-3