They have already thrown away their chicken: Barriers affecting participation by HIV-infected women in care and treatment programs for their infants in Blantyre, Malawi

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

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1233-1239

  Donahue, Marie Collins ^a   Dube, Queen ^b   Dow, Anna ^a   Umar, Eric ^b   Van Rie, Annelies ^a  

^a IL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

barriers; children; early infant diagnosis; HIV; HIV testing; infants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIVIRAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MEDICAL CARE; PATIENT AUTONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE;

ADULT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANTICIDE; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALAWI; MALE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREGNANCY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84864722471     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2012.656570     Document Type: Article

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