Adherence to highly active antiretroviral therapy and associated factors among children at the University of Gondar Hospital and Gondar Poly Clinic, Northwest Ethiopia: A cross-sectional institutional based study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Dachew, Berihun Assefa ^a   Tesfahunegn, Tadis Brhane ^b   Birhanu, Anteneh Messele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b AKSUM UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Adherence; Antiretroviral therapy; Children

Indexed keywords

CAREGIVER; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; HUMAN TISSUE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; ODDS RATIO; SAMPLING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INFANT; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84922565613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-875     Document Type: Article

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