Background: The introduction of Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART) transformed the treatment of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), improving the quality and greatly prolonging the lives of many infected people. Adherence to these medications have been a major challenge among these patients. There are relatively few rigorous evaluations of interventions to promote adherence to these medications, even fewer have explicitly utilized behaviour change theories. The Health Belief Model (HBM) is a tool that scientists use to try and predict health behaviours.
Objectives: The broad Objective of this study is to investigate the influence of health beliefs on medication adherence among hiv/aids patients in South Eastern, Nigeria using the Health Belief Model as a theoretical construct.
