'Side effects' are 'central effects' that challenge retention in HIV treatment programmes in six sub-Saharan African countries: A multicountry qualitative study

Sexually Transmitted Infections

Volumn 93, Issue , 2017, Pages

  Renju, Jenny ^a,b   Moshabela, Mosa ^c,d   McLean, Estelle ^a,b   Ddaaki, William ^e   Skovdal, Morten ^f,g   Odongo, Fred ^h   Bukenya, Dominic ⁱ   Wamoyi, Joyce ^j   Bonnington, Oliver ^a   Seeley, Janet ^a,c,i   Zaba, Basia ^a   Wringe, Alison ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b KARONGA PREVENTION STUDY   (Malawi)

^c AFRICA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^e RAKAI HEALTH SCIENCES PROGRAM   (Uganda)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH AND TRAINING INSTITUTE   (Zimbabwe)

^h KENYA MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

ⁱ UGANDA VIRUS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Uganda)

^j NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Tanzania)

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Author keywords

Africa; AIDS; HIV; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DIZZINESS; DROWSINESS; DRUG EFFECT; FOLLOW UP; FOOD INSECURITY; HEADACHE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; LOSS OF APPETITE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REASSURANCE; RETENTION TIME; SIDE EFFECT ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SUPPORT GROUP; WEAKNESS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 85025615164     PISSN: 13684973     EISSN: 14723263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/sextrans-2016-052971     Document Type: Article

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