Determinants of failure to access care in mothers referred to HIV treatment programs in Nairobi, Kenya

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

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 729-736

  Otieno, Phelgona A ^a   Kohler, Pamela K ^b   Bosire, Rose K ^a   Brown, Elizabeth R ^b   MacHaria, Steven W ^a   John Stewart, Grace C ^b  

^a KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

access; HIV; PMTCT

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; KENYA; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MOTHERS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953725985     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120903373565     Document Type: Article

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