Factors Associated with Retention in Routine Well-Care Visits Among Children of Adolescent Mothers Living With and Without HIV: A Community-Based Study in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
Camille Wittesaele, Elona Toska, Lucie D. Cluver, Helen A. Weiss, Aoife M. Doyle · 2025
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Camille Wittesaele and co-authors study routine health visits for children of teenage mothers in the Eastern Cape, South Africa, in a 2025 paper. The study covers mothers aged ten to nineteen, with and without HIV, and their young children. Good attendance was judged against the set visit schedule up to eighteen months.
Attendance was highest at six weeks and fell to just over half by eighteen months. Only about one third of children kept to the full schedule. Children in rural areas, those living near a clinic, and those whose mothers had more schooling were more likely to stay in care. The authors call for broad steps that ease access for young mothers, above all in towns and for those with little schooling.
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| CREATOR | Camille Wittesaele, Elona Toska, Lucie D. Cluver, Helen A. Weiss, Aoife M. Doyle |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 53 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |