"They just come, pick and go." the acceptability of integrated medication adherence clubs for HIV and Non Communicable Disease (NCD) Patients in Kibera, Kenya

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2016, Pages

  Venables, Emilie ^a,b   Edwards, Jeffrey K ^c   Baert, Saar ^a   Etienne, William ^c   Khabala, Kelly ^a   Bygrave, Helen ^a  

^a MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE CLUB; MIDDLE AGED; NON COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STIGMA; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HIV INFECTIONS; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; URBAN POPULATION;

ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84992200231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0164634     Document Type: Article

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