Before and after the earthquake: A case study of attrition from the HIV antiretroviral therapy program in Haiti

Global Health Action

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Puttkammer, Nancy H ^a   Zeliadt, Steven B ^a   Balan, Jean Gabriel ^b   Baseman, Janet G ^a   Destiné, Rodney ^b   Domerçant, Jean Wysler ^c   Duvilaire, Jean Marie ^d   Raphael, Nernst Atwood ^b   Sherr, Kenneth ^a   Yuhas, Krista ^a   Barnhart, Scott ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b International Training and Education Center for Health (I TECH) Haiti Program   (Haïti)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population d'Haïti   (Haïti)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral therapy; Attrition; Earthquake; Haiti; HIV AIDS

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BINDING; CLINICAL STUDY; EARTHQUAKE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HAITI; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CODING; REGISTRATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; DISASTER; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; DISASTERS; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; HAITI; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PUBLIC HEALTH ADMINISTRATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84921308672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v7.24572     Document Type: Article

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