Open AccessTraditional healers, HIV outcomes, and mortality among people living with HIV in Senegal, West Africa
Author(s) -
Noelle A. Benzekri,
Jacques F Sambou,
Sanou Ndong,
Ibrahima Tito Tamba,
Dominique Faye,
Mouhamadou Baïla Diallo,
Jean Philippe Diatta,
Khadim Faye,
Ibrahima Sall,
Fatima Sall,
Jean Jacques Malomar,
Stephen E. Hawes,
Moussa Seydi,
Geoffrey S. Gottlieb
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
aids
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.195
H-Index - 216
eISSN - 1473-5571
pISSN - 0269-9370
DOI - 10.1097/qad.0000000000002232
Subject(s) - medicine , interquartile range , demography , confidence interval , residence , odds ratio , logistic regression , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , gerontology , family medicine , sociology
The goals of this study were to determine the frequency of traditional healer use among people living with HIV in Senegal, to identify predictors of traditional healer use, and to determine if traditional healer use is associated with HIV outcomes.