Peer support to promote medication adherence among people living with HIV/AIDS: The benefits to peers

Social Work in Health Care

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-80

  Marino, Patricia ^a   Simoni, Jane M ^b   Silverstein, Louise Bordeaux ^c  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c YESHIVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; HAART; HIV AIDS; Peers; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; COOPERATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF HELP; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALTRUISM; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK CITY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEER GROUP; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SELF-HELP GROUPS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 34548134905     PISSN: 00981389     EISSN: 1541034X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J010v45n01_05     Document Type: Article

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