"We weren't using condoms because we were trying to conceive": The need for reproductive counseling for HIV-positive women in clinical care

AIDS Patient Care and STDs

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 700-707

  Finocchario Kessler, Sarah ^a,b   Mabachi, Natabhona ^a   Dariotis, Jacinda K ^c   Anderson, Jean ^d   Goggin, Kathy ^b   Sweat, Michael ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONDOM; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MOTIVATION; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK REDUCTION; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV SEROPOSITIVITY; HUMANS; INTENTION; MIDDLE AGED; PRECONCEPTION CARE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEX COUNSELING; SEXUAL PARTNERS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84868622385     PISSN: 10872914     EISSN: 15577449     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/apc.2012.0232     Document Type: Article

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