Qualitative Study of Changes in Alcohol Use Among HIV-Infected Adults Entering Care and Treatment for HIV/AIDS in Rural Southwest Uganda

AIDS and Behavior

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 732-741

  Sundararajan, Radhika ^a   Wyatt, Monique A ^b   Woolf King, Sarah ^c   Pisarski, Emily E ^b   Emenyonu, Nneka ^c   Muyindike, Winnie R ^d   Hahn, Judith A ^c   Ware, Norma C ^b  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Alcohol use; Behavior change; HIV AIDS; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; BEHAVIOR; BINGE DRINKING; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REWARD; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UGANDA;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABSTINENCE; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; BINGE DRINKING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTENTION; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REWARD; RURAL POPULATION; UGANDA;

EID: 84937718884     PISSN: 10907165     EISSN: 15733254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-014-0918-5     Document Type: Article

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