Uptake of prevention of mother to child transmission interventions in Kenya: Health systems are more influential than stigma

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Kinuthia, John ^a   Kiarie, James N ^a,b   Farquhar, Carey ^b   Richardson, Barbra A ^b   Nduati, Ruth ^a   Mbori Ngacha, Dorothy ^a   John Stewart, Grace ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

antiretrovirals; facility delivery; Health system; HIV AIDS; mother to child HIV transmission; testing

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; KENYA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; STIGMA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT; INTERVIEW; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CHEMOPREVENTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KENYA; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84455162410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1758-2652-14-6122204313     Document Type: Article

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