Factors associated with abandonment of infants born to HIV-positive women: Results from a Ukrainian birth cohort

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

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1439-1448

  Bailey, Heather ^a   Semenenko, Igor ^b   Pilipenko, Tatyana ^b   Malyuta, Ruslan ^b   Thorne, Claire ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Perinatal Prevention of AIDS Initiative   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

antenatal antiretroviral therapy; HIV; infant abandonment; injecting drug use; Ukraine

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT; NEVIRAPINE;

ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CHILD CARE; CHILD WELFARE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS 1 INFECTION; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; INFANT; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIED MAN; MATERNAL AGE; NULLIPARA; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; STIGMA; UKRAINE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

ADULT; ANTI-HIV AGENTS; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, ABANDONED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PRENATAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UKRAINE;

EID: 78650262226     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2010.482127     Document Type: Article

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