False Beliefs About ART Effectiveness, Side Effects and the Consequences of Non-retention and Non-adherence Among ART Patients in Livingstone, Zambia

I Nozaki; Mika Kuriyama; P Manyepa; M K Zyambo; K Kakimoto; T Barnighausen

doi:10.1007/s10461-012-0221-2

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False Beliefs About ART Effectiveness, Side Effects and the Consequences of Non-retention and Non-adherence Among ART Patients in Livingstone, Zambia

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False Beliefs About ART Effectiveness, Side Effects and the Consequences of Non-retention and Non-adherence Among ART Patients in Livingstone, Zambia

I Nozaki, Mika Kuriyama, P Manyepa, M K Zyambo, K Kakimoto and T Barnighausen

AIDS and Behavior, Vol.17(1), pp.122-126

2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-012-0221-2

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Abstract

Sub-Sahara Africa

antiretroviral treatment

knowledge

beliefs

Beliefs about antiretroviral treatment (ART) are crucial for treatment success but not well documented in sub-Sahara African countries. We studied the frequency of false beliefs about ART in 389 ART patients in Livingstone, Zambia. Despite intensive pre-ART counseling, we find that more than half of the patients hold at least one false belief about ART effectiveness, side effects, or the consequences of ART non-retention or non-adherence. Commonly held false beliefs-e.g., pastors can cure HIV infection through prayer and ART can be stopped without harmful effects while taking immune-boosting herbs-are likely to decrease ART adherence and retention. © 2012 The Author(s).

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Title: False Beliefs About ART Effectiveness, Side Effects and the Consequences of Non-retention and Non-adherence Among ART Patients in Livingstone, Zambia
Authors: I Nozaki (Author) - Ministry of Health, Zambia
Mika Kuriyama (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering
P Manyepa (Author) - Livingstone District Health Management Team, Zambia
M K Zyambo (Author) - Livingstone District Health Management Team, Zambia
K Kakimoto (Author) - Japan National Centre for Global Health and Medicine, Japan
T Barnighausen (Author) - Harvard School of Public Health, United States
Publication details: AIDS and Behavior, Vol.17(1), pp.122-126
Publisher: Springer New York LLC
Date published: 2013
DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0221-2
ISSN: 1090-7165
Copyright note: Copyright © The Author(s) 2012. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450497902621
Output Type: Journal article

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