Challenges and support for quality of life of youths living with HIV/AIDS in schools and larger community in East Africa: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Youths living with HIV/AIDS (YLWHA) experience innumerable challenges within schools and the larger community. Nonetheless, these environments are potential sources of support for such youths. This review provides a synthesis of evidence about these challenges and support available for YLWHA to inform the design and implementation of interventions that support the wellbeing of youths living with HIV/AIDS in an East African context.

Methods

We searched MEDLINE, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Web of Science, and Cochrane central registry of systematic reviews and randomized control trials for studies conducted in East Africa and published in English in the last 10 years (March 2007 to March 2017). We also searched Google Scholar a

SUBMITTER: Kimera E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6390353 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature