Fertility Desires and Condom Use Among HIV-Positive Women at an Antiretroviral Roll-Out Program in Zimbabwe

Type Journal Article - African Journal of Reproductive Health
Title Fertility Desires and Condom Use Among HIV-Positive Women at an Antiretroviral Roll-Out Program in Zimbabwe
Author(s)
Volume 14
Issue 2
Publication (Day/Month/Year) 2010
Page numbers 27-35
URL http://www.ajrh.info/vol14_no2/14_2_article_2.pdf
Abstract
As access to anti-retroviral therapy (ART) increases in sub-Saharan Africa, fertility and contraception patterns are likely to change. Two hundred HIV-positive women at an ART roll-out site in Zimbabwe responded to a questionnaire on fertility desires and condom use. Ten women (5%) reported planning a pregnancy in the next year, comprising 0% of women not yet eligible for ART, 8.22% of women on the waitlist for ART, and 4.17% of women on ART. Younger age, fewer living children, and higher quality of life were individually associated with intended pregnancy in the next year; however in multivariate analysis only the association with higher quality of life remained significant. Reported ever use of condoms was relatively low (46.5%) and condom use varied by neither ART status nor by fertility desires. In conclusion, our data demonstrates fertility desires among HIV-positive women in Zimbabwe correlate with higher perceived quality of life (Afr. J. Reprod. Health 2010; 14[2]: 27-35).

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