Outreach program contacts: Do they increase the likelihood of engagement and retention in HIV primary care for hard-to-reach patients?

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 21, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2007, Pages

  Cabral, Howard J ^a   Tobias, Carol ^a   Rajabiun, Serena ^a   Sohler, Nancy ^b   Cunningham, Chinazo ^c   Wong, Mitchell ^d   Cunningham, William ^d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CD4 ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADULT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMELESS PERSONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGY; VULNERABLE POPULATIONS;

EID: 34250806508     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2007.9986     Document Type: Article

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