ArticleReproductive health2015
Family planning use among women living with HIV: knowing HIV positive status helps - results from a national survey.
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- Unmet need for family planning among reproductive-age women living with HIV in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC women's health · 2026Pooled it
- Utilization of modern contraception and determinants among HIV positive women in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC women's health · 2024Pooled it
- Prevalence of unmet need for family planning and unintended pregnancies among women of reproductive age living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.African health sciences · 2024Pooled it
- Dual Contraceptive Use and Factor Associated with People Living with HIV/AIDS: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Infectious diseases in obstetrics and gynecology · 2021Pooled it
- Community-based family planning resources and modern contraceptive use among young women living with HIV in semi-rural northern Uganda: a mixed-method study.BMC women's health · 2026Article
- Family planning utilization among people living with HIV: a cross-sectional study at the Kumasi South Hospital, Ghana.The Pan African medical journal · 2026Article
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- Correlates of unawareness of HIV status and recency of HIV infections among women living with HIV: findings from population-based surveys in 13 African countries.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- Knowledge, attitude, practices and associated factors of family planning among women living with hiv at the university of Gondar specialized hospital: a cross sectional study.BMC women's health · 2024Article
- The impacts of family planning and HIV service integration on contraceptive prevalence among HIV positive women in Tanzania: a comparative analysis from the 2016/17 Tanzania HIV impact survey.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2023Article
- Determinants of long act reversible contraceptive utilization among HIV positive reproductive age women attending ART clinic in South West Ethiopia.Contraception and reproductive medicine · 2023Article
- Health systems responsiveness towards the Mentor Mother Program for preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV in military hospitals.Nursing open · 2023Article
- Unmet need for family planning and associated factors among women living with HIV in Gondar city, Northwest Ethiopia: cross-sectional study.The Pan African medical journal · 2021Article
- Status of family planning integration to HIV care in Amhara regional state, Ethiopia.BMC pregnancy and childbirth · 2020Article
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- [Contraceptive practices of HIV-infected women followed up on an ambulatory basis at the Treichville University Hospital (Abidjan, Ivory Coast)].The Pan African medical journal · 2019Article
- Reproductive Plans And Utilization of Contraceptives Among Women Living With HIV.International journal of MCH and AIDS · 2019Article
- Effect of antiretroviral therapy on fertility rate among women living with HIV in Tabora, Tanzania: An historical cohort study.PloS one · 2019Article
- Unintended pregnancy and subsequent postpartum long-acting reversible contraceptive use in Zimbabwe.BMC women's health · 2018Article
- HIV status, fertility intentions, and contraception in the era of expanded access to antiretroviral therapy: A case study of rural Mozambique.Global public health · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundWomen living with HIV continues to encounter unintended pregnancies with a concomitant risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection. Preventing unintended pregnancy among HIV-infected women is one of the strategies in the prevention of new HIV infections among children. The aim of this analysis was to assess the practice of family planning (FP) among HIV-infected women and the influence of women's awareness of HIV positive status in the practice of FP.
methodsThe analysis was made in the Malawi Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data among 489 non-pregnant, sexually active, fecund women living with HIV. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed using SPSS software to identify the factors associated with FP use. Adjusted odds ratios (AOR) with 95 % confidence intervals were computed to assess the association of different factors with the practice of family planning.
resultOf the 489 confirmed HIV positive women, 184 (37.6 %) reported that they knew that they were HIV positive. The number of women who reported that they were currently using FP method(s) were 251 (51.2 %). The number of women who reported unmet need for FP method(s) were 107 (21.9 %). In the multiple logistic regression analysis, women's knowledge of HIV positive status [AOR: 2.32(1.54, 3.50)], secondary and above education [AOR: 2.36(1.16, 4.78)], presence of 3-4 alive children [AOR: 2.60(1.08, 6.28)] and more than 4 alive children [AOR: 3.03(1.18, 7.82)] were significantly associated with current use of FP.
conclusionWomen's knowledge of their HIV-positive status was found to be a significant predictor of their FP practice. Health managers and clinicians need to improve HIV counselling and testing coverage among women of child-bearing age and address the FP needs of HIV-infected women.
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