Barriers to initiation of antiretroviral treatment in rural and urban areas of Zambia: A cross-sectional study of cost, stigma, and perceptions about ART

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Fox, Matthew P ^a   Mazimba, Arthur ^b   Seidenberg, Phil ^a,b   Crooks, Denise ^b   Sikateyo, Bornwell ^c   Rosen, Sydney ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Zambia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL STIGMA; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; URBAN AREA; ZAMBIA; ADOLESCENT; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL STIGMA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

EID: 78650957952     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-2652-13-8     Document Type: Article

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