ArticleAIDS patient care and STDs2015
Attitudes, Knowledge, and Correlates of Self-Efficacy for the Provision of Safer Conception Counseling Among Ugandan HIV Providers.
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- A Systematic Review of the Current Status of Safer Conception Strategies for HIV Affected Heterosexual Couples in Sub-Saharan Africa.AIDS and behavior · 2018Pooled it
- Integration of Family Planning Services into HIV Care and Treatment Services: A Systematic Review.Studies in family planning · 2017Pooled it
- Identifying knowledge gaps in reproductive health management for women with multiple sclerosis and healthcare professionals: a scoping review.Frontiers in neurologyPooled it
- Study protocol of "Our Choice": a randomized controlled trial of the integration of safer conception counseling to transform HIV family planning services in Uganda.Implementation science : IS · 2018Trial
- Safer conception needs of women living with HIV in Southern Ghana: a qualitative study.Journal of research in nursing : JRN · 2026Article
- Fertility counseling experiences and perceived gaps in provider support among people living with HIV: a qualitative study from an antiretroviral therapy clinic in Ghana.Frontiers in reproductive health · 2026Article
- Unmet patient needs and information gaps in fertility counseling for persons living with HIV/AIDS: Evidence from Ghana.PLOS global public health · 2026Article
- Methods and Measures to Assess Health Care Provider Behavior and Behavioral Determinants in Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health: A Rapid Review.Global health, science and practice · 2023Review
- Evidence to Practice for Mental Health Task-Sharing: Understanding Readiness for Change among Accredited Social Health Activists in Sehore District, Madhya Pradesh, India.Administration and policy in mental health · 2022Article
- Community Capacity Building for HIV and Addiction Service Integration: An Intervention Trial in Vietnam.AIDS and behavior · 2022Article
- Relationship, partner factors and stigma are associated with safer conception information, motivation, and behavioral skills among women living with HIV in Botswana.BMC public health · 2021Article
- "What if they are pre-conception? What should we do?": Knowledge, practices, and preferences for safer conception among women living with HIV and healthcare providers in Gaborone, Botswana.Frontiers in global women's health · 2020Article
- Caregiver self-efficacy to talk about sex predicts conversations about HIV transmission risk with perinatally infected young people in Zimbabwe.AIDS care · 2020Article
- 'I'm waiting for that': Interest in the use of PrEP for safer conception in Botswana.Global public health · 2020Article
- "I did not know about all these": Perceptions regarding safer conception methods by women living with HIV in Gaborone, Botswana.PloS one · 2020Article
- Knowledge and correlates of use of safer conception methods among HIV-infected women attending HIV care in Uganda.Reproductive health · 2019Article
- Changes in Providers' Self-Efficacy and Intentions to Provide Safer Conception Counseling Over 24 Months.AIDS and behavior · 2018Observational
- Utilization of prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) services among pregnant women in HIV care in Uganda: a 24-month cohort of women from pre-conception to post-delivery.BMC research notes · 2018Article
- Stigma gets in my way: Factors affecting client-provider communication regarding childbearing among people living with HIV in Uganda.PloS one · 2018Article
- Supporting HIV prevention and reproductive goals in an HIV-endemic setting: taking safer conception services from policy to practice in South Africa.Journal of the International AIDS Society · 2017Article
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Abstract
High rates of childbearing desires (59%) and serodiscordant partnerships (50%) among people living with HIV (PHLA) in Uganda highlight the need for safer conception counseling (SCC). Provider attitudes about counseling PLHA on the use of safer conception methods (SCM) have been explored in qualitative studies, but published quantitative investigations are scarce. Data from 57 Ugandan providers were collected to examine providers' attitudes about childbearing among PLHA and engagement in discussions about childbearing, as well as their knowledge, interest, self-efficacy, and intentions to provide SCC. Correlates of self-efficacy for the provision of SCC were explored to inform the development of training programs. Providers reported a general awareness of most SCM, especially timed unprotected intercourse (TUI); but just over half felt they knew enough to counsel clients in the future and all wanted more training. Childbearing was discussed with less than a third of reproductive aged patients and was mostly initiated by patients. Most providers saw value in providing SCC and believed that most aspects of SCM would be acceptable to their clients, but numerous barriers were endorsed. Self-efficacy was greatest among providers who had had more childbearing conversations, greater SCM awareness, perceived fewer barriers and greater intentions to counsel on TUI. Providers evidence fewer stigmatizing attitudes than in the past. However, those who endorsed more stigmatizing attitudes evidenced a trend for reporting lower self-efficacy for providing SCC. Training will need to simultaneously focus on increasing providers' SCC knowledge and skills while instilling a more realistic appraisal of the risks of assisting couples to employ SCM versus doing nothing.
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