East African mothers with HIV: Testing, talking, and transmission to children
| Autor: | Jean Burke, George Ikongo, Neema Peter Majule, Michael Burke |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
biology Transmission (medicine) business.industry Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) virus diseases Hiv testing medicine.disease medicine.disease_cause biology.organism_classification Developmental psychology Test (assessment) Tanzania Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) Family planning Anthropology Family medicine medicine business Social Sciences (miscellaneous) Qualitative research |
| Popis: | Experiences of African mothers with HIV can inform the development of services to prevent HIV transmission to children. A small qualitative study was conducted in Tanzania with six openly HIV-positive women. They suggest that counseling and HIV testing additionally benefit the mother beyond reducing HIV transmission to her child. They recommend that testing of couples would allow them to make plans and informed choices together concerning sexual behavior, childbearing, and prevention of HIV transmission to children. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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