To tell or not to tell: South African women's disclosure of HIV status during pregnancy

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1138-1145

  Visser, Maretha J ^a   Neufeld, Sharon ^b   De Villiers, Annelize ^a   Makin, Jennifer D ^a,c   Forsyth, Brian W C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Disclosure; HIV+ women in Africa; Pregnant women; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BREAST FEEDING; CONTENT ANALYSIS; COUNSELING; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEXUAL TRANSMISSION; SOUTH AFRICA; SUPPORT GROUP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HIV-1; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREJUDICE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOUTH AFRICA; TRUTH DISCLOSURE;

EID: 52949085458     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540120701842779     Document Type: Article

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