The Need for Sociocultural Awareness to Maximize Treatment Acceptance and Adherence in Individuals Initiating HIV Therapy
Despite major advances in the long-term treatment of patients with HIV infection, there still exist sociocultural barriers to care. This article will focus on recognizing and understanding the cultural factors that affect treatment in patients starting antiretroviral therapy, most important the fact...
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2008-03-01
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| author | Suzanne Willard PhD, CRNP, FAAN Andrew Angelino MD |
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| description | Despite major advances in the long-term treatment of patients with HIV infection, there still exist sociocultural barriers to care. This article will focus on recognizing and understanding the cultural factors that affect treatment in patients starting antiretroviral therapy, most important the factors that can contribute to poor, as well as favorable, treatment adherence in diverse individuals. These factors include cultural and religious stigma; domestic violence; socioeconomic constraints, including literacy, living conditions, presence or absence of family, and social support networks; psychiatric disorders; and pregnancy. The authors also discuss ways in which clinicians can prepare patients for treatment initiation and improve their ongoing adherence by incorporating knowledge of these sociocultural differences into and modifying plans for patient care accordingly. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9cfcb2face6f4a57b0ed1b0e94dc92c32022-12-21T23:11:03ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care2325-95742325-95822008-03-01710.1177/1545109708315404The Need for Sociocultural Awareness to Maximize Treatment Acceptance and Adherence in Individuals Initiating HIV TherapySuzanne Willard PhD, CRNP, FAAN0Andrew Angelino MD1AIDS Foundation, Washington, DC (SW);Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center, Baltimore, MD (AA).Despite major advances in the long-term treatment of patients with HIV infection, there still exist sociocultural barriers to care. This article will focus on recognizing and understanding the cultural factors that affect treatment in patients starting antiretroviral therapy, most important the factors that can contribute to poor, as well as favorable, treatment adherence in diverse individuals. These factors include cultural and religious stigma; domestic violence; socioeconomic constraints, including literacy, living conditions, presence or absence of family, and social support networks; psychiatric disorders; and pregnancy. The authors also discuss ways in which clinicians can prepare patients for treatment initiation and improve their ongoing adherence by incorporating knowledge of these sociocultural differences into and modifying plans for patient care accordingly.https://doi.org/10.1177/1545109708315404 |
| spellingShingle | Suzanne Willard PhD, CRNP, FAAN Andrew Angelino MD The Need for Sociocultural Awareness to Maximize Treatment Acceptance and Adherence in Individuals Initiating HIV Therapy Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care |
| title | The Need for Sociocultural Awareness to Maximize Treatment Acceptance and Adherence in Individuals Initiating HIV Therapy |
| title_full | The Need for Sociocultural Awareness to Maximize Treatment Acceptance and Adherence in Individuals Initiating HIV Therapy |
| title_fullStr | The Need for Sociocultural Awareness to Maximize Treatment Acceptance and Adherence in Individuals Initiating HIV Therapy |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Need for Sociocultural Awareness to Maximize Treatment Acceptance and Adherence in Individuals Initiating HIV Therapy |
| title_short | The Need for Sociocultural Awareness to Maximize Treatment Acceptance and Adherence in Individuals Initiating HIV Therapy |
| title_sort | need for sociocultural awareness to maximize treatment acceptance and adherence in individuals initiating hiv therapy |
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