"It's all the time in my mind": Facilitators of adherence to antiretroviral therapy in a Tanzanian setting

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1793-1800

  Watt, Melissa H ^a   Maman, Suzanne ^b   Earp, Jo Anne ^b   Eng, Eugenia ^b   Setel, Philip W ^c   Golin, Carol E ^b   Jacobson, Mark ^d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION   (United States)

^d Selian Lutheran Hospital   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Adherence; Africa; Antiretroviral therapy; HIV; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; COGNITION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; SOCIAL THEORY;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; SELF REPORT; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STIGMA; TANZANIA; THEORY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; HEALTH POLICY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

AFRICA; ARUSHA [TANZANIA]; EAST AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TANZANIA;

EID: 65249143940     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.02.037     Document Type: Article

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