“Motherhood Is Hard”: Exploring the Complexities of Unplanned Motherhood Among HIV-Positive Adolescents in South Africa
For any woman, pregnancy and giving birth are major life-changing experiences. This period is argued to indicate a shift from girlhood into womanhood. However, this experience takes on new meaning when the woman is very young—an adolescent, who is still in school—and learns that she is HIV-positive....
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Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2019-05-01
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Series: | SAGE Open |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244019848802 |