The effects of enhanced access to antiretroviral therapy: A qualitative study of community perceptions in Kampala city, Uganda

African Health Sciences

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-19

  Atuyambe, Lynn ^a,b   Neema, Stella ^a,c   Otolok Tanga, Erasmus ^a,b   Wamuyu Maina, Gakenia ^a,b   Kasasa, Simon ^a,b   Wabwire Mangen, Fred ^a,b,d  

^a Behavioural Surveillance Program   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Uganda)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^d Academic Alliance for AIDS Care and Prevention in Africa ^*  (South Africa)

Author keywords

'Enhanced access'; ART; Perceptions; Qualitative; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTITUTION; RAPE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; UGANDA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVALUATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SERODIAGNOSIS;

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SERONEGATIVITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PERCEPTION; RISK-TAKING; UGANDA;

EID: 66349084825     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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