A Sankar
Biographic Data
| ID | 8930633 |
|---|---|
| NAME | A Sankar |
| GIVEN NAMES | A |
| FAMILY NAME | Sankar |
| SIGNATURE | SANKAR A |
| AFFILIATIONS | a Wayne State University , Detroit , USA |
| ORCID | 0009-0002-2896-9385 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
What is a missed dose? Implications for construct validity and patient adherence
The construct 'missed dose' is central to many assessments of medication adherence. However, few studies have investigated how patients or clinicians conceptualize missed doses or the extent of the concordance or discordance between clinicians and patients. To address this gap we conducted semi-structured interviews with 45 sero-positive African American adults taking HAART and 17 of their clinicians. Results reveal large variability in missed do…
Adherence discourse among African-American women taking Haart
Low adherence is the single most important challenge to controlling HIV through the use of high acting anti-retrovirals (HAART). Non-adherence poses an immediate threat to individuals who develop resistant forms of the virus as well as a public health threat if those individuals pass on treatment-resistant forms of the virus. To understand the concerns and perceptions that promote or deter adherence to antiretroviral medication by HIV-positive Af…
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Adherence discourse among African-American women taking Haart
Low adherence is the single most important challenge to controlling HIV through the use of high acting anti-retrovirals (HAART). Non-adherence poses an immediate threat to individuals who develop resistant forms of the virus as well as a public health threat if those individuals pass on treatment-resistant forms of the virus. To understand the concerns and perceptions that promote or deter adherence to antiretroviral medication by HIV-positive Af…
What is a missed dose? Implications for construct validity and patient adherence
The construct 'missed dose' is central to many assessments of medication adherence. However, few studies have investigated how patients or clinicians conceptualize missed doses or the extent of the concordance or discordance between clinicians and patients. To address this gap we conducted semi-structured interviews with 45 sero-positive African American adults taking HAART and 17 of their clinicians. Results reveal large variability in missed do…
Family medicine (2 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (2 works) · Internal Medicine (2 works) · Medication adherence (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Adolescent and Pediatric Healthcare (1 works) · African american (1 works) · Antiretroviral therapy (1 works) · Antiretroviral treatment (1 works) · Clinical Psychology (1 works)