HIV-positive mothers supported to disclose their status: a potential benefit to their children
SOURCE: HSRC Review
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2017
TITLE AUTHOR(S): T.Rochat
KEYWORDS: HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS STATUS, WELL-BEING (HEALTH)
Web link: http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/review/hsrc-review-july-to-sept-2017/hiv-positive-mothers
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 10153
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/11464
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/11464
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2017
TITLE AUTHOR(S): T.Rochat
KEYWORDS: HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS STATUS, WELL-BEING (HEALTH)
Web link: http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/review/hsrc-review-july-to-sept-2017/hiv-positive-mothers
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 10153
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/11464
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/11464
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Abstract
Research shows nearly one in four HIV-infected people with children have not had the courage to tell them. Yet, children of HIV-positive parents face significant developmental, health and psychological challenges, particularly in communities where the stigma is high. The HSRC's Dr Tamsen Rochat and a team of researchers from the African Health Research Institute in KwaZulu-Natal led the Amagugu intervention, which successfully increased the levels of disclosure among a group of mothers with young children in KwaZulu-Natal. These findings were published in the medical journal The Lancet HIV in August.-
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