Patient and provider perspectives on improving the linkage of HIV-positive pregnant women to long-term HIV care and treatment in eastern Uganda

African Journal of AIDS Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 45-51

  Saleem, Haneefa ^a   Kyeyagalire, Robert ^b   Lunsford, Sarah Smith ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ENCOMPASS LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Antenatal care; Linkage to care; Long term HIV care and treatment; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEAR; FEMALE; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LONG TERM CARE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; REGISTRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UGANDA; ADOLESCENT; COUNSELING; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIV INFECTIONS; INTERVIEW; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; YOUNG ADULT;

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; COUNSELING; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONG-TERM CARE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANT WOMEN; PRENATAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84900311741     PISSN: 16085906     EISSN: 17279445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2989/16085906.2014.892015     Document Type: Article

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