Food insecurity as a barrier to sustained antiretroviral therapy adherence in Uganda

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Weiser, Sheri D ^a,b   Tuller, David M ^c   Frongillo, Edward A ^d   Senkungu, Jude ^e   Mukiibi, Nozmu ^e   Bangsberg, David R ^e,f,g  

^a SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^e MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^f MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g Harvard Initiative for Global Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COST; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; GROUNDED THEORY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUNGER; INCOME; INCREASED APPETITE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MOTIVATION; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; UGANDA; CATERING SERVICE; DRUG COST; DRUG EFFECT; ECONOMICS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; STATISTICS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; DATA COLLECTION; DRUG COSTS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; HUNGER; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POVERTY; UGANDA;

EID: 77956402871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0010340     Document Type: Article

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