Factors Associated with Retention in Routine Well-Care Visits Among Children of Adolescent Mothers Living With and Without HIV: A Community-Based Study in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Universal interventions are needed for retention beyond the neonatal period for children of adolescent mothers living with HIV and HIV-negative adolescent mothers. Interventions must address structural barriers, especially for adolescent mothers with primary education and in urban areas. Future research should examine the underlying mechanisms linking mode of delivery with well-care retention.
Authors
- Aoife M. Doyle (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3305-7738)
- Camille Wittesaele (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8828-5685)
- Helen A. Weiss (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3547-7936)
- Elona Toska (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3800-3173)
- Lucie D. Cluver
Institutions
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Oxford Policy Management (GB)
- University of Oxford (GB)
- London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (GB)
- Biomedical Research and Training Institute (ZW)
- Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde (BE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Open
- Published
- 2025-12-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-106412
- Primary Topic
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00