Cultural feasibility studies in preparation for clinical trials to reduce maternal-infant HIV transmission in Haiti

AIDS Education and Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 46-62

  Coreil, Jeannine ^a,d   Losikoff, Phyllis ^b   Pincu, Rachel ^a   Mayard, Gladys ^c   Ruff, Andrea J ^b   Hausler, Harry P ^b   Desormeau, Julio ^c   Davis, Homer ^c   Boulos, Reginald ^c   Halsey, Neal A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Centres pour le Devmt et la S   (Haïti)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HAITI; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; AGE FACTORS; AMERICAS; ANTIBODIES; BIOLOGY; BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CARIBBEAN; CLINICAL APPROACH/SOURCE; COMPREHENSION; CONTROL GROUPS; CULTURE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISADVANTAGED; DISEASES; EMPIRICAL APPROACH; ETHICS; HAITI; HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES; HIV INFECTIONS--PREVENTION AND CONTROL; HIV INFECTIONS--TRANSMISSION; IMMUNITY; IMMUNIZATION; IMMUNOLOGIC FACTORS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; INFORMED CONSENT; LATIN AMERICA; NORTH AMERICA; NUTRITION; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH ACTIVITIES; RESEARCH METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH REPORT; RISKS AND BENEFITS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRAL DISEASES; YOUTH;

BOTTLE FEEDING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMPREHENSION; CONTROL GROUPS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ETHICS, MEDICAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HAITI; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 0031917123     PISSN: 08999546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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