"I have grown up controlling myself a lot." Fear and misconceptions about sex among adolescents vertically-infected with HIV in Tanzania

Reproductive Health Matters

Volumn 21, Issue 41, 2013, Pages 87-96

  Busza, Joanna ^a   Besana, Giulia VR ^b   Mapunda, Pasiens ^c   Oliveras, Elizabeth ^d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b JHPIEGO   (United States)

^c Pathfinder Tanzania   (Tanzania)

^d PATHFINDER INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents and young people; HIV treatment; Living with HIV; Sexuality; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CAREGIVER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMMUNICATION SKILL; CONTRACEPTION; COUNSELING; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH BELIEF; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PARENT; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEX; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL HEALTH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; TANZANIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877828249     PISSN: 09688080     EISSN: 14609576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-8080(13)41689-0     Document Type: Article

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