Childbearing intentions of HIV-positive women of reproductive age in Soweto, South Africa: The influence of expanding access to haart in an hiv hyperendemic setting

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 350-358

  Kaida, Angela ^a   Laher, Fatima ^b   Strathdee, Steffanie A ^c   Janssen, Patricia A ^d   Money, Deborah ^a   Hogg, Robert S ^e   Gray, Glenda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERVIEW; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; FEMALE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTENTION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78751509635     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2009.177469     Document Type: Article

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