False beliefs about ART effectiveness, side effects and the consequences of non-retention and non-adherence among art patients in Livingstone, Zambia

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 122-126

  Nozaki, Ikuma ^a,b,c   Kuriyama, Mika ^d,e   Manyepa, Pauline ^f   Zyambo, Matilda K ^f   Kakimoto, Kazuhiro ^b,g   Bärnighausen, Till ^c,h  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Zambia)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d University of the Sunshine Coast ^*

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^f Livingstone District Health Management Team   (Zambia)

^g Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^h UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral treatment; Beliefs; Knowledge; Sub Sahara Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; LONG TERM MEMORY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ZAMBIA;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CULTURE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION; RETENTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT; ZAMBIA;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872678985     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0221-2     Document Type: Article

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