Research data
The HSRC Research Data Service provides a digital repository facility for the HSRC's research data in support of evidence based human and social development in South Africa and the broader region. Access to data is dependent on ethical requirements for protecting research participants, as well as on legal agreements with the owners, funders or in the case of data owned by the HSRC, the requirements of the depositors of the data. We facilitate data use by preparing comprehensive metadata and disseminating data and related documents to appropriate target audiences. Data sharing is subject to an End User License agreement. Data sets from the following projects have been curated and are available for use:
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Research data: VOLUNTARY COUNSELING AND TESTING (VCT)
2012 Mobile VCT: reaching men and young people in urban and rural South African pilot studies (NIMH Project Accept, HPTN 043)
Mounting evidence exists that mobile voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) is able to extend coverage to new localities and populations. W...
2011 Advice-giving difficulties in voluntary counselling and testing: a distinctly moral activity
Advice-giving in voluntary counselling and testing (VCT) is demanding as it involves the discussion of difficult topics such as the morality...
2011 Community-based intervention to increase HIV testing and case detection in people aged 16-32 years in Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and Thailand (NIMH Project Accept, HPTN 043): a randomised study
In developing countries, most people infected with HIV do not know their infection status. We aimed to assess whether HIV testing could be i...
2011 Evaluation of voluntary counselling and testing services in a health district, South Africa: service providers' perspectives
The aim of this study was to evaluate the Voluntary Counselling and HIV testing (VCT) services for counsellor effectiveness, availability an...