"I will not let my HIV status stand in the way." Decisions on motherhood among women on ART in a slum in Kenya- a qualitative study

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Awiti Ujiji, Opondo ^a   Ekström, Anna M ^a   Ilako, Festus ^b   Indalo, Dorcas ^b   Rubenson, Birgitta ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b AMREF HEALTH AFRICA   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABACAVIR; ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; DIDANOSINE; LAMIVUDINE; LOPINAVIR; NEVIRAPINE; STAVUDINE; TENOFOVIR; ZIDOVUDINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILDBIRTH; CONSULTATION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER; PATIENT SELECTION; PREGNANT WOMAN; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; VIROLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF DISCLOSURE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951601253     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-10-13     Document Type: Article

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