Considering care-seeking behaviors reveals important differences among HIV-positive women not engaged in care: Implications for intervention

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 29, Issue , 2015, Pages S20-S26

  Blackstock, Oni J ^a   Blank, Arthur E ^a   Fletcher, Jason J ^b   Verdecias, Niko ^a   Cunningham, Chinazo O ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HELP SEEKING BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL CARE; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; PATIENT CARE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; RISK-TAKING; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84920272371     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: 15577449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2014.0271     Document Type: Article

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