Public-sector ART in the Free State Province, South Africa: Community support as an important determinant of outcome

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 69, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1177-1185

  Wouters, Edwin ^a   Van Damme, Wim ^b   Van Loon, Francis ^a   van Rensburg, Dingie ^c   Meulemans, Herman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral treatment; Community support; HIV AIDS; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN RESOURCE; PUBLIC SECTOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; COMMUNITY CARE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC SECTOR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70349325812     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.07.034     Document Type: Article

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