The Enabling Effect of Food Assistance in Improving Adherence and/or Treatment Completion for Antiretroviral Therapy and Tuberculosis Treatment: A Literature Review

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue , 2014, Pages 531-541

  de Pee, Saskia ^a,b   Grede, Nils ^a   Mehra, Divya ^a   Bloem, Martin W ^a,b,c  

^a World Food Programme   (Italy)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Adherence to treatment; ART; DOTS; Enabler; Food assistance; TB

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; TUBERCULOSTATIC AGENT;

CATERING SERVICE; COMPLICATION; FOOD ASSISTANCE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; ANTITUBERCULAR AGENTS; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD SUPPLY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 84922391347     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0730-2     Document Type: Article

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