Combining qualitative and quantitative evidence to determine factors leading to late presentation for antiretroviral therapy in malawi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Parrott, Fiona R ^a,c   Mwafulirwa, Charles ^b   Ngwira, Bagrey ^a   Nkhwazi, Sothini ^b   Floyd, Sian ^a   Houben, Rein M G J ^a   Glynn, Judith R ^a   Crampin, Amelia C ^a   French, Neil ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KARONGA PREVENTION STUDY   (Malawi)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT DURATION; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME; VIROLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HIV; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81155131477     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0027917     Document Type: Article

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