'If you are found taking medicine, you will be called names and considered less of a man': young men's engagement with HIV treatment and care during ulwaluko (traditional initiation and circumcision) in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.

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Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

1. Beyond knowledge deficits: social visibility, family dynamics, and delayed initiation among people living with HIV in Southwestern China-a descriptive phenomenological study.BMC public health · 2026
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2. "I believe in my ancestors, and I participate and believe:" negotiating identity, tradition, and HIV-related health among SGM communities in the Eastern Cape.SSM. Qualitative research in health · 2026
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3. Traditional and biomedical health practices of adolescent boys and young men living with perinatally-acquired HIV in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa.Global public health · 2023
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