Reasons for accepting or refusing HIV services among tuberculosis patients at a TB-HIV integration clinic in Malawi

International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1663-1668

  Kumwenda, M ^a   Tom, S ^a,b   Chan, A K ^a,b,c   Mwinjiwa, E ^a   Sodhi, S ^a,b   Joshua, M ^d   Van Lettow, Monique ^a,b,c  

^a DIGNITAS INTERNATIONAL   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Zomba Central Hospital   (Malawi)

Author keywords

ART; Barriers; HTC; Malawi; TB; Uptake

Indexed keywords

LAMIVUDINE PLUS NEVIRAPINE PLUS STAVUDINE; TRIOMUNE 30; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UPTAKE; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; INFANT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAWI; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUBERCULOSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81455138218     PISSN: 10273719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5588/ijtld.10.0741     Document Type: Article

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