Tailored Nutrition Education and Food Assistance Improve Adherence to HIV Antiretroviral Therapy: Evidence from Honduras

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 18, Issue , 2014, Pages 566-577

  Martinez, Homero ^a,b   Palar, Kartika ^a,c   Linnemayr, Sebastian ^a   Smith, Alexandria ^a   Derose, Kathryn Pitkin ^a   Ramírez, Blanca ^d   Farías, Hugo ^d   Wagner, Glenn ^a  

^a RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL INFANTIL DE MÉXICO FEDERICO GÓMEZ   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d United Nations Environment Programme   (Panama)

Author keywords

ART adherence; Food aid; Food security; HIV; Latin America; Nutrition education

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD ASSISTANCE; HONDURAS; HOSPITAL; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITION EDUCATION; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCRIPTION; AGED; CATERING SERVICE; COUNSELING; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV INFECTIONS; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS LOAD;

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

AGED; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; COUNSELING; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIV INFECTIONS; HONDURAS; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VIRAL LOAD;

EID: 84922392227     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0786-z     Document Type: Article

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