The Social Legacy of Aids

Fertility Aspirations Among HIV-Affected Women in Uganda

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ID11029842
AutoresRachel C Snow (Rachel C. Snow, Massy Mutumba, and Kenneth Resnicow are with the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor. Godfrey Mugyenyi is with Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mbarara University of Science and Technology School of Medicine, Mbarara, Uganda.), Rachel Snow (Mbarara University of Science and Technology), Massy Mutumba (0000-0002-0636-891X, Rachel C. Snow, Massy Mutumba, and Kenneth Resnicow are with the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor. Godfrey Mugyenyi is with Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mbarara University of Science and Technology School of Medicine, Mbarara, Uganda.), K Resnicow (0000-0003-1416-9627, Mbarara University of Science and Technology), Godfrey Mugyenyi (0000-0001-9703-3877, Rachel C. Snow, Massy Mutumba, and Kenneth Resnicow are with the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor. Godfrey Mugyenyi is with Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Mbarara University of Science and Technology School of Medicine, Mbarara, Uganda.)
Año2013
Volumen103
Número2
Páginas278-285
Fecha de publicación2013-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2012.300892
PMID23237166
PMCIDPMC3558762
OpenAlexW2063855912
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas8
Referencias citadas33

Objectives. We investigated the impact of HIV status on fertility desires in Uganda. Methods. We surveyed 1594 women aged 18 to 49 years visiting outpatient services at Mbarara Regional Hospital, from May through August 2010. Of these, 59.7% were HIV-positive; 96.4% of HIV-positive women were using antiretroviral therapy (ART). We used logistic regression models to examine relationships between HIV status and fertility desires, marital status, household structure, educational attainment, and household income. Results. Among married women, HIV-positive status was significantly associated with a lower likelihood of desiring more children (27.7% vs 56.4% of HIV-negative women; χ 2 = 39.97; P Conclusions. We found a strong association between positive HIV status and lower fertility aspirations among married women in Uganda, irrespective of ART status. Although the increasing availability of ART is a tremendous public health achievement, women affected by HIV have numerous continuing social needs

Economic growth · Educational attainment · Environmental health · Family medicine · Fertility · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) · Logistic regression · Marital status · Parity (physics) · Population · Public health · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Spouse · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · Global Maternal and Child Health · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Gerontology