'Slipping through the cracks': Policy implications of delays in HIV treatment seeking

Global Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1095-1108

  McGrath, Janet W ^a   Kaawa Mafigiri, David ^a,b   Bridges, Sarah ^a   Kakande, Nelson ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c JOINT CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Uganda)

Author keywords

AIDS treatment access; HIV care seeking; test and treat; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS PREVALENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THERAPY DELAY; UGANDA; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870927172     PISSN: 17441692     EISSN: 17441706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2012.701318     Document Type: Article

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