Psychosocial aspects of ART counseling: A comparison of HIV beliefs and knowledge in PMTCT and ART-na ïve women

Antiretroviral therapy (ART)-readiness counseling has been deemed critical to adherence, instilling knowledge, and promoting positive beliefs and attitudes. In the landscape of changing policy in South Africa, some ART initiators have had prior ART-readiness counseling (e.g., for prevention-of-mother-to-child-transmission [PMTCT] programs). The extent to which previous counseling resulted in retained knowledge and belief is unknown, which may be important to the promotion of women ’s ART adherence.
Source: Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care - Category: Nursing Authors: Source Type: research