A qualitative investigation of adherence to nutritional therapy in malnourished adult AIDS patients in Kenya

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 316-323

  Dibari, Filippo ^a,b   Bahwere, Paluku ^a   Le Gall, Isabelle ^c,d   Guerrero, Saul ^a   Mwaniki, David ^e,f   Seal, Andrew ^b  

^a VALID INTERNATIONAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MSF France   (Kenya)

^d MSF France   (France)

^e KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

^f Regional Office for Eastern and Central Africa   (Kenya)

Author keywords

HIV; Ready to use therapeutic food; Supplementation; Wasting

Indexed keywords

HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAREGIVER; EDUCATION; ELEMENTAL DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KENYA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TASTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD, FORMULATED; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TASTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84855343293     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010003435     Document Type: Article

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