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ADHERENCE
MAKING MEDS WORK FOR YOU
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Date Created/Most Recent Revision: 2000
Last Reviewed by NRC: October 8, 2001
Authors and Affiliations: National Pediatric & Family HIV Resource Center, Bristol Myers Squib and HIV/AIDS Bureau of HRSA
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Target Audience: Adolescents Living with HIV/AIDS
Language: English and Spanish
Reading Level: 8th grade
Type of Material: booklet
Publisher: National Pediatric & Family HIV Resource Center, Bristol Myers Squib and HIV/AIDS Bureau of HRSA
Copyright: No copyright
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This booklet is designed for adolescents living with HIV who are contemplating taking ADHERENCE (ART) or who are currently taking ART. It discusses how HIV effects the immune system, how HIV anti-retroviral therapy works, what types of medicines are available to treat HIV, how to adhere to these often complicated treatment regimens and how to manage side effects to the antiretroviral medicines.
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The parents and young people living with HIV who reviewed this booklet said it was very helpful in making treatment decisions. One parent said it helped her daughter, "see how important it is to take care of herself and to take her medications. She takes it more seriously now." Other reviewers thought that the booklet was too long for some of the younger readers, but the question and answer format helps the reader address one topic at a time. The reviewers suggested that physicians, social workers and adherence counselors distribute this booklet.
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Hakimah Shariff
973-972-0410
ortegaes@umdnj.edu
To view this material: English and Spanish PDF versions of this material can be found on the National Pediatric & Family HIV Resource Center website:
English: http://www.pedhivaids.org/news/English_Brochure.pdf
Spanish : http://www.pedhivaids.org/news/Spanish_Brochure_1.pdf
Permission to Reproduce: Yes
Permission to Distribute: Yes
Cost per copy: Free
Shipping Cost: An order greater than 25 books needs to include a shipping fee of $10.00. An order of 50 books will need to include a shipping cost of $20.00. The shipping fee continues to increase in these increments.
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