Transition to Parenthood and HIV Infection in Rural Zimbabwe.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The relationship between the risk of acquiring human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and people's choices about life course events describing the transition to parenthood-sexual debut, union (in the form of marriage, cohabitation, or long-term relationship), and parenthood-is still unclear. A crucial role in shaping this relationship may be played by the sequence of these events and by their timing. This suggests the opportunity to focus on the life courses in their entirety rather than on the specific events, thus adopting a holistic approach that regards each individual's life course trajectory as a whole.

Methods

We summarise the individual life courses describing the transition to parenthood using ordered sequences of the three considered events. We aim

SUBMITTER: Del Fava E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5042509 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature