Risky behaviours and their correlates among adolescents living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Adolescents living with HIV (ALWHIV) in sub-Saharan Africa encounter multiple health problems that are often unrecognised by the public and the healthcare workforce. The aim of this systematic review was to identify risky health behaviours and their associated factors among ALWHIV in sub-Saharan Africa.

Methods

We systematically searched for articles in Medline, SCOPUS, Directory of Open Access Journals, Science Direct, ProQuest, Psych-info, Web of science, WHO Global Index Medicus library, Cochrane, and Google Scholar. Studies were included in this review if: they were original studies; participants were aged from 10 to 19 years; participants were ALWHIV or they had data from different key informants focusing on ALWHIV within the age group; they had health behavi

SUBMITTER: Zgambo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6201550 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature