Slow to share: Social capital and its role in public HIV disclosure among public sector ART patients in the Free State province of South Africa

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 411-421

  Wouters, E ^a   Meulemans, H ^a   Van Rensburg, H C J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral treatment; Disclosure; HIV AIDS; Social capital; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOUTH AFRICA; SUPPORT GROUP; TREATMENT DURATION; COMMUNITY CARE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN RELATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 67649402273     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120802242077     Document Type: Article

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