ArticleReligions2012
Reasons Why High Religiosity Can Co-exist with and Precipitate Discontinuation of Anti-retroviral Therapy among Different HIV Clients in Uganda: An Exploratory Study.
Article in Religions, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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- The Relationship between Distress Tolerance and Spiritual Well-Being towards ARV Therapy Adherence in People Living with HIV/AIDS.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Understanding the role of religious beliefs in adherence to antiretroviral therapy among Pentecostal Christians living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Role of religious beliefs in adherence to antiretroviral therapy in the Cape Town metropole: a study protocol.BMJ open · 2022Article
- EVANGELICALISM IN UGANDA: IMPLICATIONS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND BIOETHICS.Journal of intercultural management and ethics · 2021Article
- The Role of Religious Service Attendance, Psychosocial and Behavioral Determinants of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) Adherence: Results from HPTN 063 Cohort Study.AIDS and behavior · 2019Observational
- Influence of Religious and Spiritual Elements on Adherence to Pharmacological Treatment.Journal of religion and health · 2018Review
- Examination of the Role of Religious and Psychosocial Factors in HIV Medication Adherence Rates.Journal of religion and health · 2017Article
- Prevalence, barriers and factors associated with parental disclosure of their HIV positive status to children: a cross-sectional study in an urban clinic in Kampala, Uganda.BMC public health · 2016Article
- Determinants of adherence to antiretroviral therapy among HIV-positive adults in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.BMJ global health · 2016Article
- Factors Influencing Antiretroviral Adherence and Virological Outcomes in People Living with HIV in the Highlands of Papua New Guinea.PloS one · 2015Article
- Who takes the medicine? Adherence to antiretroviral therapy in Southern Ethiopia.Patient preference and adherence · 2015Article
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Abstract
In-depth interviews were conducted with 39 very religious people living with HIV (16 had ever and 23 had never discontinued antiretroviral therapy-ART) to assess the role of religion in these treatment decisions and in coping with HIV. Participants who had ever discontinued ART gave reasons such as: teachings and prophecies from religious leaders, and supporting Biblical scriptures all of which led them to feel that God and their faith, not ART, would help them; and testimonies by their "already healed" peers who had stopped ART. Participants who had never discontinued ART gave reasons such as continuous adherence counseling from multiple sources, improvement in physical health as a result of ART, and beliefs that God heals in different ways and that non-adherence is equal to putting God to a test. High religiosity was reported to help participants cope with HIV through engagement in personal and or community protective behaviours, "taking care of other illness", and reducing worries. When high religiosity among people living with HIV (PHAs) becomes a barrier to ART adherence, the adherence counseling provided can draw on experiences of PHAs with high religiosity who have sustained good adherence to ART and achieved good health outcomes.
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