Psychosocial Assessments for HIV+ African Adolescents: Establishing Construct Validity and Exploring Under-Appreciated Correlates of Adherence

Elizabeth D. Lowenthal; Tafireyi C. Marukutira; Jennifer Chapman; Keboletse Mokete; Katherine Riva; Ontibile Tshume; Jessica Eby; Mogomotsi Matshaba; Gabriel M. Anabwani; Robert Gross; Karen Glanz

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0109302

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Psychosocial Assessments for HIV+ African Adolescents: Establishing Construct Validity and Exploring Under-Appreciated Correlates of Adherence

Elizabeth D. Lowenthal ,

* E-mail: lowenthale@email.chop.edu

Affiliations University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Departments of Pediatrics and Epidemiology, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of General Pediatrics, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America, Botswana-UPenn Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana
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Tafireyi C. Marukutira,

Affiliation Botswana-Baylor Children's Clinical Centre of Excellence, Gaborone, Botswana
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Jennifer Chapman,

Affiliation Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of General Pediatrics, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
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Keboletse Mokete,

Affiliation Botswana-Baylor Children's Clinical Centre of Excellence, Gaborone, Botswana
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Katherine Riva,

Affiliations Botswana-UPenn Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Doris Duke Clinical Research Program, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA, United States of America
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Ontibile Tshume,

Affiliation Botswana-Baylor Children's Clinical Centre of Excellence, Gaborone, Botswana
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Jessica Eby,

Affiliations Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Department of General Pediatrics, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, United States of America
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Mogomotsi Matshaba,

Affiliation Botswana-Baylor Children's Clinical Centre of Excellence, Gaborone, Botswana
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Gabriel M. Anabwani,

Affiliations Botswana-Baylor Children's Clinical Centre of Excellence, Gaborone, Botswana, Baylor College of Medicine International Pediatric AIDS Initiative, Houston, TX, United States of America
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Robert Gross,

Affiliations Botswana-UPenn Partnership, Gaborone, Botswana, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Departments of Medicine and Epidemiology, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
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Karen Glanz

Affiliation University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine and School of Nursing, Departments of Epidemiology and Nursing, Philadelphia, PA, United States of America
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Psychosocial Assessments for HIV+ African Adolescents: Establishing Construct Validity and Exploring Under-Appreciated Correlates of Adherence

Elizabeth D. Lowenthal,
Tafireyi C. Marukutira,
Jennifer Chapman,
Keboletse Mokete,
Katherine Riva,
Ontibile Tshume,
Jessica Eby,
Mogomotsi Matshaba,
Gabriel M. Anabwani,
Robert Gross

Published: October 3, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0109302

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