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- Title
Factors Associated with Intention to Conceive and its Communication to Providers Among HIV Clients in Uganda.
- Authors
Wagner, Glenn; Linnemayr, Sebastian; Kityo, Cissy; Mugyenyi, Peter
- Abstract
Persons living with HIV/AIDS (PLHA) must discuss their fertility intentions with healthcare providers to receive the support needed to have children safely and limit transmission risks. However, few quantitative studies have examined correlates of fertility intentions, let alone the communication of such intentions with providers. We examined the prevalence and correlates of intentions to have children, and comfort discussing such plans with one's providers, in HIV clients at two HIV clinics in Uganda. Cross-sectional self-report data were collected from 233 patients who had primary partners. Bivariate correlates significant at the P < 0.10 level were included in logistic regression analysis. Of the 233 participants, 103 (44%) reported an intention to conceive a child in the near future. In multivariate analysis, younger age of both the patient and their partner, better physical health functioning and higher internalized HIV stigma were associated with having fertility intentions. One-third (35%) of those with fertility intentions expressed having difficulty discussing these intentions with their providers, which was associated with receiving care at the rural clinic and greater internalized HIV stigma. These findings highlight the need for reproductive health services that help clients accept themselves as PLHA and their fertility rights, thus promoting patient-doctor communication needed to promote safe child conception and delivery outcomes.
- Subjects
UGANDA; CHI-squared test; COMMUNICATION; FERTILITY; FISHER exact test; HIV-positive persons; INTERVIEWING; PATIENT-professional relations; MULTIVARIATE analysis; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS; T-test (Statistics); LOGISTIC regression analysis; CROSS-sectional method; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Maternal & Child Health Journal, 2012, Vol 16, Issue 2, p510
- ISSN
1092-7875
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10995-011-0761-5