Knowledge, Perception about antiretroviral therapy (ART) and prevention of mother-to-child-transmission (PMTCT) and adherence to ART among HIV positive women in the Ashanti Region, Ghana: A cross-sectional study

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Boateng, Daniel ^a   Kwapong, Golda Dokuaa ^b   Agyei Baffour, Peter ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^b UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

ART; Ghana; HIV; PMTCT; Women

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GHANA; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION; PATIENT EDUCATION; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SOCIAL STATUS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84872480789     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-13-2     Document Type: Article

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