Preliminary study on HIV status disclosure to perinatal infected children: retrospective analysis of administrative records from a pediatric HIV clinic in the southern United States

Preliminary study on HIV status disclosure to perinatal infected children: retrospective analysis of administrative records from a pediatric HIV clinic in the southern United States

Abstract Objective The World Health Organization recommends disclosing HIV-status between 6 and 12 years; American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children are informed at “school age.” Neither suggests an optimal age when children should learn of their status to improve viral load suppression...

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Main Authors: Henna Budhwani, Lori Mills, Lauren E. B. Marefka, Sequoya Eady, Van T. Nghiem, Tina Simpson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:BMC Research Notes
Subjects:
HIV
Disclosure
Viral load
Adolescents
Children
People living with HIV
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13104-020-05097-z

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