A qualitative study of the barriers and facilitators to retention-in-care among HIV-positive women in the rural southeastern united states: Implications for targeted interventions

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 515-520

  Kempf, Mirjam Colette ^a   McLeod, Jen ^a   Boehme, Amelia K ^a   Walcott, Melonie W ^a   Wright, Laura ^b   Seal, Paula ^c   Norton, Wynne E ^a   Schumacher, Joseph E ^d   Mugavero, Michael ^c   Moneyham, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^d University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; RURAL AREA; SUPPORT GROUP; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; ALABAMA; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 77955871442     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2010.0065     Document Type: Article

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