Acceptability of community-based adherence clubs among health facility staff in South Africa: A qualitative study

Patient Preference and Adherence

Volumn 11, Issue , 2017, Pages 1523-1531

  Tshuma, Ndumiso ^a,b   Mosikare, Ofentse ^a,b   Yun, Jessica A ^a   Alaba, Olufunke A ^c   Maheedhariah, Meera S ^d   Muloongo, Keith ^a,b   Nyasulu, Peter S ^b,e,f  

^a Community AIDS Response ^*  (South Africa)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adherence clubs; Antiretroviral therapy; Chronic clubs; Cohorts; Health facility; HIV; Patient retention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTENT ANALYSIS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MALE; MANAGER; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; NURSE; ORGANIZATION; PHARMACIST; PHARMACOKINETICS; PHARMACY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAMPLING; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; STAFF; STIGMA; STORAGE;

EID: 85029637292     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1177889X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/PPA.S116826     Document Type: Article

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