Adolescent Mothers in Eastern and Southern Africa: An Overlooked and Uniquely Vulnerable Subpopulation in the Fight Against HIV.

Groves, Allison K; Gebrekristos, Luwam T; Smith, Patrick D; Stoebenau, Kirsten; Stoner, Marie C; Ameyan, Wole; Ezeh, Alex C

Groves, Allison K; Gebrekristos, Luwam T; Smith, Patrick D; Stoebenau, Kirsten; Stoner, Marie C; Ameyan, Wole; Ezeh, Alex C.

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Groves AK; Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Electronic address: aligroves@drexel.edu.
Gebrekristos LT; Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Smith PD; Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Stoebenau K; Department of Behavioral and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
Stoner MC; Women's Global Health Imperative, RTI International, Berkeley, California.
Ameyan W; Global HIV, Hepatitis and Sexually Transmitted Infections Programmes, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Ezeh AC; Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

J Adolesc Health ; 70(6): 895-901, 2022 06.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35172930

Subject(s)

HIV Infections; Adolescent; Adolescent Mothers; Africa, Southern/epidemiology; Female; HIV Infections/epidemiology; Humans; Pregnancy; Prevalence; South Africa/epidemiology

Key words

Adolescent girls and young women; Adolescent motherhood; Adolescent pregnancy; Africa; HIV prevention

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: HIV Infections Type of study: Prevalence_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adolescent / Female / Humans / Pregnancy Country/Region as subject: Africa Language: En Journal: J Adolesc Health Journal subject: PEDIATRIA Year: 2022 Document type: Article Country of publication: United States

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