Retention and effectiveness of HIV/AIDS training of traditional healers in far western Nepal

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 640-646

  Poudel, Krishna C ^a   Jimba, Masamine ^a   Joshi, Anand B ^b   Poudel Tandukar, Kalpana ^a   Sharma, Mahesh ^c   Wakai, Susumu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^c Rsrc Centre for Primary Health Care   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Focus group discussion; HIV AIDS; Nepal; Stigma; Traditional healers

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; NEPAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONDOMS; CULTURE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICINE, ORIENTAL TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; NEPAL; RURAL HEALTH;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; NEPAL; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 21644464486     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01443.x     Document Type: Article

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