Socio-demographic factors associated with loss to follow-up of HIV-infected women attending a private sector PMTCT program in Maharashtra, India

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

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 593-600

  Panditrao, Mayuri ^a   Darak, Shrinivas ^b,c   Kulkarni, Vinay ^c   Kulkarni, Sanjeevani ^c   Parchure, Ritu ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c PRAYAS   (India)

Author keywords

Health care utilization; HIV; India; Loss to follow up; PMTCT

Indexed keywords

NEVIRAPINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DELIVERY; EDUCATION; EMPOWERMENT; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIA; LIVE BIRTH; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTRATION; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COUNSELING; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; LOST TO FOLLOW-UP; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRIVATE SECTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956045407     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2010.516348     Document Type: Article

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