No association found between traditional healer use and delayed antiretroviral initiation in rural Uganda

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 260-265

  Horwitz, Russell H ^a,b,h   Tsai, Alexander C ^c   Maling, Samuel ^d   Bajunirwe, Francis ^d,e   Haberer, Jessica E ^a,f   Emenyonu, Nneka ^d,g   Muzoora, Conrad ^d   Hunt, Peter W ^g   Martin, Jeffrey N ^g   Bangsberg, David R ^a,b,c,d,f  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

^e CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f Harvard Initiative for Global Health   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h MGH Revere HealthCare Center   (United States)

Author keywords

HIV AIDS; Late presentation; Spiritual counselor; Traditional healer; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN MEDICINE; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME; UGANDA; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VIROLOGY; VIRUS LOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICINE, AFRICAN TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UGANDA; VIRAL LOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872686689     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-011-0132-7     Document Type: Article

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