Maternal health care utilization among HIV-positive female adolescents in Kenya

International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 143-149

  Birungi, Harriet ^a   Obare, Francis ^a   van der Kwaak, Anke ^b   Namwebya, Jane Harriet ^c  

^a POPULATION COUNCIL   (Kenya)

^b ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^c Famil Health International   (Kenya)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENCE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; MATERNAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PREGNANCY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KENYA; MALE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MATERNAL HEALTH SERVICES; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERINATAL CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; PREGNANCY IN ADOLESCENCE; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

KENYA; NAIROBI [KENYA];

EID: 80053942438     PISSN: 19440391     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1363/3714311     Document Type: Article

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