Journal article
‘HIV is like a tsotsi. ARVs are your guns’: Associations between HIV-disclosure and adherence to antiretroviral treatment among adolescents in South Africa
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Objectives: WHO guidelines recommend disclosure to HIV-positive children by school age in order to improve ART adherence. However, quantitative evidence remains limited for adolescents. This study examines associations between adolescent knowledge of HIV-positive status and ART-adherence in South Africa. Design: Cross sectional study of the largest known community-traced sample of HIV-positive adolescents. N=684 ART-initiated adolescents aged 10-19 (52% female, 79% perinatally-infected) we...
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- Publication status:
- Accepted
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Wolters Kluwer Publisher's website
- Journal:
- AIDS
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- English
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- Deposit date:
- 2015-04-28
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- Copyright date:
- 2019
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