Journal of AIDS & Clinical Research

Bocar Baya

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• Research Article
  Relationship between HIV Positive Status Announcement and Smoking among Infected-Individuals in Bamako, Mali
  Author(s): Bocar Baya, Cheick Abdel Kader Maiga, Yeya dit Sadio Sarro, Mamadou Cisse, Eleazar Dao, Sidiki Sangare, Sounkalo Dao and Souleymane DialloBocar Baya, Cheick Abdel Kader Maiga, Yeya dit Sadio Sarro, Mamadou Cisse, Eleazar Dao, Sidiki Sangare, Sounkalo Dao and Souleymane Diallo
  
  Background: The announcement of HIV-positive status is a critical moment of psycho-social destabilization that can induce changes in the behavior of an individual such a beginning or increased tobacco consumption. Objective: The objective was to study the relationship between the HIV positive status announcement and smoking behavior among people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Bamako after the discovering their status. Methods: We did a descriptive cross-sectional study over six months from January to June 2012. Data were collected by interviewing HIV infected patients in three health care centers, departments of pulmonary diseases, department of infectious and tropical diseases and the largest HIV clinic in Mali (CESAC of Bamako). All participant.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2155-6113.1000617

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