Linking women who test HIV-positive in pregnancy-related services to HIV care and treatment services in Kenya: A mixed methods prospective cohort study

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Ferguson, Laura ^a,b,c   Grant, Alison D ^b   Lewis, James ^b   Kielmann, Karina ^d   Watson Jones, Deborah ^b,e   Vusha, Sophie ^c   Ong'ech, John O ^c,f   Ross, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^d QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTRIMOXAZOLE; ZIDOVUDINE; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIV INFECTIONS; LONG TERM CARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; COUNSELING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; LONG-TERM CARE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84898647994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089764     Document Type: Article

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