Patient-reported barriers and drivers of adherence to antiretrovirals in sub-Saharan Africa: A meta-ethnography

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 15, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 16-33

  Merten, Sonja ^a   Kenter, Elise ^a   McKenzie, Oran ^a   Musheke, Maurice ^b   Ntalasha, Harriet ^c   Martin Hilber, Adriane ^a  

^a SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b ZAMBART   (Zambia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA   (Zambia)

Author keywords

Adherence; Antiretroviral; HIV; Meta ethnography; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; DISEASE TREATMENT; DRUG PRESCRIBING; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITAL SECTOR; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; META-ANALYSIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AFRICA; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOGRAPHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MOTIVATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 77951821675     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2010.02510.x     Document Type: Article

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