Peer counselors' role in supporting patients' adherence to ART in Ethiopia and Uganda

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

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 657-662

  Gusdal, Annelie K ^a   Obua, Celestino ^b   Andualem, Tenaw ^c   Wahlstrom, Rolf ^a   Chalker, John ^d   Fochsen, Grethe ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c Strengthening Pharmaceutical Systems   (Ethiopia)

^d Center for Pharmaceutical Management   (United States)

Author keywords

adherence; antiretroviral therapy; disclosure; HIV AIDS; peer counselors; qualitative research; sub Saharan Africa; support

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; AWARENESS; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PEER COUNSELING; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STIGMA; UGANDA; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PEER GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UGANDA;

EID: 79956292625     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2010.532531     Document Type: Article

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