Married men's perceptions of barriers for HIV- positive pregnant women accessing highly active antiretroviral therapy in rural Uganda

International Journal of Women's Health

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 227-233

  Duff, Putu ^a   Rubaale, Tom ^b   Kipp, Walter ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Community ARV Project ^*  (Uganda)

Author keywords

Highly active antiretroviral therapy; Men; Pregnant women; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CONFIDENTIALITY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MALE; MARITAL THERAPY; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PATERNAL ATTITUDE; PREGNANT WOMAN; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RURAL AREA; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; THERAPEUTIC MISCONCEPTION; UGANDA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

EID: 84864076729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791411     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJWH.S31807     Document Type: Article

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