The influence of traditional medicine and religion on discontinuation of ART in an urban informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya

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

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 851-858

  Unge, Christian ^a   Ragnarsson, Anders ^a   Ekström, Anna Mia ^a   Indalo, Dorcus ^b   Belita, Alice ^a   Carter, Jane ^b   Ilako, Festus ^b   Sodergrd, Bjorn ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

Author keywords

AMREF; antiretroviral therapy; ART; drop out; HIV; Kenya; Kibera; religion; slum; traditional medicine; urban informal settlement

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SOCIAL WORKER; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CULTURE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RELIGION AND MEDICINE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 79960349470     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2010.534432     Document Type: Article

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