Involving fathers in prevention of mother to child transmission initiatives - What the evidence suggests

Journal of the International AIDS Society

Volumn 15, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sherr, Lorraine ^a   Croome, Natasha ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fathers; HIV; Male involvement; PMTCT; VCT

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONCEPTION; DATA EXTRACTION; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FATHER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HIV TEST; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFECTION PREVENTION; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; PARENT COUNSELING; PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; PATERNAL ATTITUDE; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SPOUSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; VIRUS TRANSMISSION; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; MOTHER; SAFE SEX;

CHILD; FATHERS; FEMALE; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; MALE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFE SEX;

EID: 84883461114     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17582652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7448/IAS.15.4.17378     Document Type: Review

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