Quality of life among Ghanaian adolescents living with perinatally acquired HIV: A mixed methods study

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

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 460-464

  Enimil, Anthony ^a,b   Nugent, Nicole ^c,d   Amoah, Christian ^a,b   Norman, Betty ^a,b   Antwi, Sampson ^a,b   Ocran, Joseph ^e   Kwara, Awewura ^d,f   Barker, David H ^c,d  

^a KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^b KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

^c RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^f MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

adherence; Adolescent; HIV; quality of life; west Africa

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; GHANAIAN; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERINATAL INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STIGMA; BLACK PERSON; COMPREHENSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; GHANA; HIV INFECTIONS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STIGMA;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; COMPREHENSION; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; GHANA; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL STIGMA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84959246720     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2015.1114997     Document Type: Article

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