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Custody plans among parents living with human immunodeficiency virus infection
Mary Jane Rotheram-Borus1, Patricia Lester, Pin-Wen Wang
1AIDS Institute, Center for HIV Identification, Prevention, and Treatment Services, University of California, Los Angeles 90094-6521, USA. Rotheram@ucla.edu
Objectives:
To describe and to examine predictors of making custody plans by parents living with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
Interventions:
The custody plans of 296 parents living with HIV for 708 children were examined over 5 years, with at least 85% reassessed annually.
Results:
Over time, increasing numbers of parents living with HIV made custody plans for all of their children (23.8%-52.8%), typically with extended family members. However, parents change plans frequently, and 44.8% of parents living with HIV died without custody plans. Custody planning was less likely in families with only adolescent children, when parents had a partner, or when parents were depressed. Parents' disclosure of HIV status, physical health status, substance use, and ethnicity were unrelated to making custody plans.
Conclusion:
Custody planning is a slow and unstable process in families affected by HIV.
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