Cross-Cultural Review of Sexuality, Relationships, and Body Image after Burns: Analysis of the BSHS-B.

Burn survivors are at risk for dissatisfaction with body image, relationships, and sexuality due to disfiguring changes secondary to the injury. This review compares available global data on BSHS-B psychosocial scores. Twenty-four studies were included in the final analysis encompassing 14 countries; significant differences were found in scores across all BSHS-B psychological sub-sections of affect, body image, interpersonal relationships, and sexuality.

Timing of and factors associated with HIV disclosure among perinatally infected children in rural Zambia.

Objective: This study was conducted to understand the process of disclosure among HIV-infected children receiving care in rural Zambia.

Design: Cross-sectional and longitudinal analyses were conducted within an ongoing clinical cohort study of HIV-infected children receiving care in Macha, Zambia from 2007 to 2016.

Methods: Children receiving HIV care were enrolled into the cohort study and assessed every 3 months.