Adolescent parenthood and HIV-infection in South Africa-Associations with child cognitive development.

ABSTRACT: HIV, both directly and indirectly, impacts child development outcomes. The most severe impacts are for children infected with HIV, and those exposed but uninfected are also shown to have challenges-though less severe. However, little is known regarding the development of children born to adolescent mothers affected by HIV. This study aims to examine cognitive development for children born to adolescent mothers, comparing those children living with HIV, those HIV exposed and uninfected (HEU) and those HIV unexposed (HU). Analyses utilise cross-sectional data from 920 adolescent mother (10-19 years)-first born child dyads residing in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. Participants completed detailed study questionnaires inclusive of validated and study specific measures relating to soc

SUBMITTER: Steventon Roberts KJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10021425 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature