A protocol for a cluster randomized trial on the effect of a feeding buddy program on adherence to the prevention of mother-to-child-transmission guidelines in a rural area of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes

Volumn 72, Issue , 2016, Pages S130-S136

  Reimers, Penelope ^a   Israel Ballard, Kiersten ^b   Spies, Lenore ^c   Tanser, Frank ^a   Thior, Ibou ^d   Scott Gordon, W ^b   Coutsoudis, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b PATH   (United States)

^c Integrated Nutrition Programme at KwaZulu Natal   (South Africa)

^d PATH   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiretroviral treatment; Breastfeeding; Feeding buddy; HIV AIDS; Prevention of mother to child transmission

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; FEEDING BUDDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; HIV INFECTIONS; INFANT; NEWBORN; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; STEREOTYPING; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ANTI-HIV AGENTS; BREAST FEEDING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; STEREOTYPING;

EID: 84978831398     PISSN: 15254135     EISSN: 10779450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/QAI.0000000000001059     Document Type: Article

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