Pregnant women living with HIV (WLH) supported at clinics by peer WLH: A cluster randomized controlled trial

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 706-715

  Richter, Linda ^a,c   Rotheram Borus, Mary Jane ^b   Van Heerden, Alastair ^a   Stein, Alan ^a,d   Tomlinson, Mark ^e   Harwood, Jessica M ^b   Rochat, Tamsen ^f   Van Rooyen, Heidi ^a   Comulada, W Scott ^b   Tang, Zihling ^b  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^e STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^f AFRICA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Child health; HIV; Maternal health; PMTCT

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEER GROUP; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK REDUCTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TEACHER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; MENTORS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEER GROUP; POSTNATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RISK REDUCTION BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84897448080     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0694-2     Document Type: Article

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