Non-enrollment for free community HIV care: Findings from a population-based study in Rakai, Uganda

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

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 764-770

  Nakigozi, Gertrude ^a   Makumbi, Fredrick ^b   Reynolds, Steven ^c   Galiwango, Ronald ^a   Kagaayi, Joseph ^a   Nalugoda, Fred ^a   Ssettuba, Absalom ^a   Sekasanvu, Joseph ^a   Musuuza, Jackson ^a   Serwada, David ^b   Gray, Ron ^d   Wawer, Maria ^d  

^a RAKAI HEALTH SCIENCES PROGRAM   (Uganda)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

enrollment; HIV; HIV care

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; UGANDA;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RISK-TAKING; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA; UNCOMPENSATED CARE;

EID: 79956322824     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2010.525614     Document Type: Article

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