Discriminators of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Provider Use Among Men with HIV/AIDS
Objective: To examine comprehensively the potential correlates of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) practitioner use among men with HIV/AIDS.Methods: Men (n=122) recruited from HIV/AIDS service organizations completed extensive written surveys. Questions comprised several domains that hav...
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Published in | American journal of health behavior Vol. 31; no. 6; pp. 591 - 601 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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United States
PNG Publications
01.11.2007
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Summary: | Objective: To examine comprehensively the potential correlates of Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) practitioner use among men with HIV/AIDS.Methods: Men (n=122) recruited from HIV/AIDS service organizations completed extensive written surveys.
Questions comprised several domains that have been thought or demonstrated to influence individuals to use CAM, and also addressed respondents' social networks.Results: Discriminant analyses revealed 2 social network variables and 2 attitudinal variables proved statistically
significant when controlling for relationships among variables.Conclusion: The significant contribution of social influence/social networks in choosing CAM modalities demonstrated has not heretofore been examined in CAM user studies; implications for future research are discussed. |
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Bibliography: | 1087-3244(20071101)31:6L.591;1- ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 |
ISSN: | 1087-3244 1945-7359 |
DOI: | 10.5993/AJHB.31.6.4 |