No Association Found Between Traditional Healer Use and Delayed Antiretroviral Initiation in Rural Uganda
dc.contributor.author | Horwitz, Russell H. | |
dc.contributor.author | Tsai, Alexander C. | |
dc.contributor.author | Maling, Samuel | |
dc.contributor.author | Bajunirwe, Francis | |
dc.contributor.author | Haberer, Jessica E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Emenyonu, Nneka | |
dc.contributor.author | Muzoora, Conrad | |
dc.contributor.author | Hunt, Peter W. | |
dc.contributor.author | Martin, Jeffrey N. | |
dc.contributor.author | Bangsberg, David R. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-06-14T12:27:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-06-14T12:27:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2013 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Horwitz, R. H., Tsai, A. C., Maling, S., Bajunirwe, F., Haberer, J. E., Emenyonu, N., ... & Bangsberg, D. R. (2013). No association found between traditional healer use and delayed antiretroviral initiation in rural Uganda. AIDS and Behavior, 17(1), 260-265. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.must.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/2125 | |
dc.description.abstract | Traditional healer and/or spiritual counselor (TH/SC) use has been associated with delays in HIV testing. We examined HIV-infected individuals in southwestern Uganda to test the hypothesis that TH/SC use was also associated with lower CD4 counts at antiretroviral therapy (ART) initiation. Approximately 450 individuals initiating ART through an HIV/AIDS clinic at the Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) were recruited to participate. Patients were predominantly female, ranged in age from 18 to 75, and had a median CD4 count of 130. TH/SC use was not associated with lower CD4 cell count, but age and quality-of-life physical health summary score were associated with CD4 cell count at initiation while asset index was negatively associated with CD4 count at ART initiation. These findings suggest that TH/SC use does not delay initiation of ART | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | National Institutes of Health (RO1MH54907; K24MH87227; P30AI027763; UL1RR024131) | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
dc.publisher | AIDS and Behavior | en_US |
dc.subject | HIV/AIDS | en_US |
dc.subject | Traditional healer | en_US |
dc.subject | Spiritual counselor | en_US |
dc.subject | Late presentation | en_US |
dc.subject | Uganda | en_US |
dc.title | No Association Found Between Traditional Healer Use and Delayed Antiretroviral Initiation in Rural Uganda | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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