@phdthesis{theses_frw127, author = {Simone E. Soeters}, title = {Couple-oriented post-test HIV counselling for encouraging male partner HIV testing in India: The process of persuasion}, year = {2013}, url = {https://frw.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/127/}, abstract = {Couple-oriented post-test HIV-counselling (COC) aims to encourage male partners to undergo HIV counselling and HIV testing by providing women attending antenatal clinics with tools and strategies to improve communication about these issues with their partners. COC has been shown to increase uptake of male partner HIV testing, compared to standard post-test HIV-counselling (SC), delivered in prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) settings. The exact process of persuasion that leads men to obtain HIV testing is not yet clarified and this research attempts to understand this process of persuasion. A mixed methods approach was adopted for this research based on the secondary quantitative and qualitative data from the Prenahtest ANRS 12127 trial in India.} }