The infant feeding choices and experiences of women living with HIV in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

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

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 259-265

  Maman, Suzanne ^a   Cathcart, Rebecca ^b   Burkhardt, Gillian ^c   Omba, Serge ^d   Thompson, Deidre ^a   Behets, Frieda ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b HENRY M JACKSON FOUNDATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF MILITARY MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Kinshasa School of Public Health   (Congo)

Author keywords

Africa; HIV AIDS; infant feeding; women

Indexed keywords

ANTI HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS AGENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFANT FEEDING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SCORING SYSTEM; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

BREAST FEEDING; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 84856882036     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2011.597708     Document Type: Article

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