HIV — Motivating HIV+ Women: Risk Reduction and ART Adherence
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Holstad MM, DiIorio C, Kelley ME, Resnicow K, Sharma S Group motivational interviewing to promote adherence to antiretroviral medications and risk reduction behaviors in HIV infected women. AIDS Behav. 2011 Jul;15(5):885-96. doi: 10.1007/s10461-010-9865-
Holstad MM, DiIorio C, Magowe MK Motivating HIV positive women to adhere to antiretroviral therapy and risk reduction behavior: the KHARMA Project. Online J Issues Nurs. 2006 Jan 31;11(1):5. Review.
Holstad MM, Diiorio C, McCarty F Adherence, sexual risk, and viral load in HIV-infected women prescribed antiretroviral therapy. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2011 Jul;25(7):431-8. doi: 10.1089/apc.2010.0331. Epub 2011 Jun 11.
Motivating HIV+ Women: Risk Reduction and ART Adherence
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