ArticleAIDS and behavior2016
HIV Care and Treatment Beliefs among Patients Initiating Antiretroviral Treatment (ART) in Oromia, Ethiopia.
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- Adherence to Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy Among Children in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.AIDS and behavior · 2018Pooled it
- Challenges and Enablers of Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence Among Ethiopian Adolescents: A Qualitative Study.International journal of sexual health : official journal of the World Association for Sexual Health · 2026Article
- The Relationship between Distress Tolerance and Spiritual Well-Being towards ARV Therapy Adherence in People Living with HIV/AIDS.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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- Role of religious beliefs in adherence to antiretroviral therapy in the Cape Town metropole: a study protocol.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Impact of Personal, Cultural and Religious Beliefs on Medication Adherence among Patients with Chronic Diseases at University Hospital in Northwest Ethiopia.Patient preference and adherence · 2022Article
- Time to Antiretroviral Therapy Initiation and Its Predictors Among Newly Diagnosed HIV-Positive People in Nekemte Town, Western Ethiopia: Claim of Universal Test and Treat.HIV/AIDS (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2021Article
- Influence of Religious and Spiritual Elements on Adherence to Pharmacological Treatment.Journal of religion and health · 2018Review
- Preferences for linkage to HIV care services following a reactive self-test: discrete choice experiments in Malawi and Zambia.AIDS (London, England) · 2018Article
- Psychological distress, health and treatment-related factors among individuals initiating ART in Oromia, Ethiopia.AIDS care · 2018Article
- Factors associated with initiation of antiretroviral therapy in the advanced stages of HIV infection in six Ethiopian HIV clinics, 2012 to 2013.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2016Article
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Abstract
To better understand patient beliefs, which may influence adherence to HIV care and treatment, we examined three dimensions of beliefs among Ethiopian adults (n = 1177) initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART). Beliefs about benefits of ART/HIV clinical care were largely accurate, but few patients believed in the ability of ART to prevent sexual transmission and many thought Holy Water could cure HIV. Factors associated with lower odds of accurate beliefs included advanced HIV, lack of formal education, and Muslim religion (benefits of ART/clinical care); secondary or university education and more clinic visits (ART to prevent sexual transmission); and pregnancy and Orthodox Christian religion (Holy Water). Assessment of patient beliefs may help providers identify areas needing reinforcement. In this setting, counselors also need to stress the benefits of ART as prevention and that Holy Water should not be used to the exclusion of HIV care and ART.
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