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“It’s Not Good to Be Sick and Have the Child”: Perspectives on Pregnancy After HIV-Positive Diagnosis Among Women in Western Jamaica

Courtney Andrews1 Institute for Human Rights, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, Birmingham, AL, USACorrespondence[email protected]

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6348-3201

Tina Kempin Reuter1 Institute for Human Rights, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama, USA, Birmingham, AL, USA

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0126-422X

Valeria Londono2 Minority Health Research Training, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0403-5588

Lea Claye3 Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6591-5717

Maung Aung4 Epidemiology and Research Unit, Western Regional Health Authority, Ministry of Health, Montego Bay, Jamaica

Pauline Jolly3 Department of Epidemiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

Pages 565-573 | Published online: 21 Apr 2022

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