Sustainability of a community-based anti-retroviral care delivery model - A qualitative research study in Tete, Mozambique

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 17, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Rasschaert, Freya ^a   Decroo, Tom ^b   Remartinez, Daniel ^c   Telfer, Barbara ^b   Lessitala, Faustino ^b   Biot, Marc ^d   Candrinho, Baltazar ^e   Van Damme, Wim ^a,f  

^a INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^b Institute of Tropical Medicine ^*  (Mozambique)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^d MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Mozambique)

^f UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

ART; Community participation; HIV; Mozambique.; Patient empowerment; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY ART GROUPS MODEL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; EMPOWERMENT; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GROUP DYNAMICS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HIV TEST; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVIEW; MOZAMBIQUE; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EMPOWERMENT; PEER GROUP; POLITICS; PROGRAM SUSTAINABILITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RURAL AREA; SELF CARE; URBAN AREA; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MOZAMBIQUE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84907626831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.17.1.18910     Document Type: Article

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