作者
Amina Abubakar, Fons JR Van de Vijver, Ronald Fischer, Amin S Hassan, Joseph K Gona, Judith Tumaini Dzombo, Grace Bomu, Khamis Katana, Charles R Newton
发表日期
2016/12
期刊
BMC public health
卷号
16
页码范围
1-8
出版商
BioMed Central
简介
Background
The upsurge in the uptake of antiretroviral therapy (ART) has led to a significant increase in the survival of vertically acquired HIV infected children, many of whom are currently living into adolescence and early adulthood. However little if anything is known of the lived experiences and the challenges faced by HIV positive adolescents in the African context. We set out to investigate psychosocial challenges faced by HIV infected adolescents on the Kenyan coast.
Methods
A total of 44 participants (12 HIV-infected adolescents, 7 HIV uninfected adolescents, and 25 key informants) took part in this qualitative study, using individually administered in-depth interviews. A framework approach was used to analyze the data using NVIVO software.
Results
We observed that the challenges faced by adolescents in rural …
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