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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care. 2011 Feb 1;22(4):307–312. doi: 10.1016/j.jana.2010.11.001

Table 1.

Barriers to and Facilitators for Attending Regularly Scheduled Medical Care Visits

Barriers

  1. Competing Demands

  2. System of Care

  3. Stigma

  4. Negative Affect

  5. Beliefs About HIV Health Care Not Being Important

Facilitators

  1. Support

  2. Active Engagement in Care

  3. Positive Aspects of Health Care Visit

  4. Perceived Vulnerability to Negative Consequences