SynthesisBMC public health2013
Family planning counseling for women living with HIV: a systematic review of the evidence of effectiveness on contraceptive uptake and pregnancy incidence, 1990 to 2011.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- Health facility-based interventions and the uptake of contraception among people living with HIV: A systematic review & meta-analysis.The Indian journal of medical research · 2023Pooled it
- Why do men who have sex with men practice condomless sex? A systematic review and meta-synthesis.BMC infectious diseases · 2022Pooled it
- Contraception values and preferences of people living with HIV: A systematic review.Contraception · 2022Pooled it
- Integration of HIV testing services into family planning services: a systematic review.Reproductive health · 2019Pooled it
- Access to sexual and reproductive health services for women living with HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean: systematic review of the literature.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2019Pooled it
- Integration of Family Planning Services into HIV Care and Treatment Services: A Systematic Review.Studies in family planning · 2017Pooled it
- Can Policy Interventions Affect HIV-Related Behaviors? A Systematic Review of the Evidence from Low- and Middle-Income Countries.AIDS and behavior · 2017Pooled it
- Systematic assessment of condom use measurement in evaluation of HIV prevention interventions: need for standardization of measures.AIDS and behavior · 2014Pooled it
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- The Evidence Project: Protocol for Systematic Reviews of Behavioral Interventions and Behavioral Aspects of Biomedical Interventions for HIV Prevention, Treatment, and Health Service Delivery in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.AIDS education and prevention : official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education · 2024Article
- Condom-Related Stigma Scale among Men Who Have Sex with Men in China: Development and Psychometric Tests.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Integration of family planning services with HIV treatment for women of reproductive age attending ART clinic in Oromia regional state, Ethiopia.Reproductive health · 2021Article
- The paradox of HIV prevention: did biomedical prevention trials show how effective behavioral prevention can be?AIDS (London, England) · 2020Article
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- The Evidence Project risk of bias tool: assessing study rigor for both randomized and non-randomized intervention studies.Systematic reviews · 2019Article
- Optimizing Prevention of HIV and Unplanned Pregnancy in Discordant African Couples.Journal of women's health (2002) · 2017Article
- Protocol for a systematic review on the effect of demand generation interventions on uptake and use of modern contraceptives in LMIC.Systematic reviews · 2015Article
- Perception of sexuality and fertility in women living with HIV: a questionnaire study from two Nordic countries.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2015Article
- Fertility desires, unmet need for family planning, and unwanted pregnancies among HIV-infected women in care in Kinshasa, DR Congo.The Pan African medical journal · 2015Article
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundFamily planning is an important public health intervention with numerous potential health benefits for all women. One of those key benefits is the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV, through the prevention of unintended pregnancies among women living with HIV.
methodsWe conducted a systematic review of the effectiveness of family planning counseling interventions for HIV infected women in low- and middle-income countries.
resultsWe found nine articles which met the inclusion criteria for this review, all from Africa. Though these studies varied in the specifics of the interventions provided, research designs and measures of outcomes, key features were discernible. Providing concerted information and support for family planning use, coupled with ready access to a wide range of contraceptive methods, seemed most effective in increasing use. Effects on pregnancy overall were difficult to measure, however: no studies assessed the effect on unintended pregnancy.
conclusionsThough these results are far from definitive, they do highlight the need for strengthened efforts to integrate family planning counseling and access to services into HIV prevention, and for greater consistency of effort over time. Studies which specifically investigate fertility intentions and desires of women living with HIV, contraception use following interventions to increase knowledge, awareness, motivation and access to the means to act on those intentions and unintended pregnancies would be valuable to help clinic personnel, programme planners and policy makers guide the development of the integrated services they offer.
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