“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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Main Author: Adeagbo Morolake Josephine
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-05-01
Series:SAGE Open
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244019848802