HIV status disclosure and sexual activity among pregnant women in Ghana

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ID19442174
AuthorsThomas Agyarko-Poku (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology), Thomas Agyarko‐Poku (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology), Richard Bannor (0000-0002-5849-8740, University of Connecticut, corresponding author), Elizabeth Sorvor (Suntreso Government Hospital, Ghana Health Service, Kumasi, Ghana), Frank Ankobea-Kokroe (Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology)
Year2023
Volume35
Issue3
Pages385-391
Publication date2023-03-04
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAIDS Care (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0954-0121 • E-ISSN: 1360-0451
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09540121.2022.2121375
PMID36102039
OpenAlexW4295756085
LanguageEN
References cited17

Human Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) status disclosure to sexual partners is associated with prevention, care, treatment, and support for pregnant women with HIV. We aimed to assess HIV status disclosure and sexual activity among pregnant women with HIV. We conducted a cross-sectional hospital-based survey using quantitative methods. Data were collected from 118 pregnant women with HIV enrolled in the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) program from January to November 2019. Sixty-seven percent (67%) of these pregnant women did not know they had HIV until they were tested in the routine antenatal HIV testing program. HIV status nondisclosure rate was 62.7%, and the most common reason for nondisclosure was fear of loss of financial support (41.9%). Higher parity was associated with lower odds of disclosing HIV status (aOR = 0.36; p < 0.01). Sexual activity with partners and condom use were associated with HIV disclosure (ps < 0.01). Pregnant women who disclosed their HIV status to their partners were sexually active with them (37.3%), and all those who did not but were sexually active with their partners did not use condoms (36.2%) during the pregnancy. Our findings emphasize the need for interventions that encourage HIV status disclosure and affirm the importance of routine HIV testing for pregnant women

Condom · Family medicine · Gynecology · Logistic regression · Obstetrics · Odds · Pregnancy · Psychiatry · Psychological intervention · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Demography · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Medicine · Internal Medicine

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