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My intention was a child but I was very afraid: fertility intentions and HIV risk perceptions among HIV-serodiscordant couples experiencing pregnancy in Kenya
| Content Provider | Scilit |
|---|---|
| Author | Ngure, Kenneth Baeten, Jared M. Mugo, Nelly Curran, Kathryn Vusha, Sophie Heffron, Renee Celum, Connie Shell-Duncan, Bettina |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Description | Journal: AIDS Care We sought to understand fertility intentions and HIV risk considerations among Kenyan HIV-serodiscordant couples who became pregnant during a prospective study. We conducted individual in-depth interviews (n = 36) and focus group discussions (n = 4) and performed qualitative data analysis and interpretation using an inductive approach. Although most of the couples were aware of the risk of horizontal and vertical HIV transmission, almost all couples reported that they had intended to become pregnant and that the desire for children superseded HIV risk considerations. Motivations for pregnancy were numerous and complex: satisfying desired family size, desire for biological children, maintaining stability of the union, and sociocultural pressures. Couples desired strategies to reduce HIV risk during conception, but expressed hesitation toward assisted reproductive technologies as unnatural. HIV prevention programs should therefore address conception desires and counsel about coordinated periconception risk-reduction strategies. |
| Related Links | http://europepmc.org/articles/pmc4087054?pdf=render https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4087054/pdf |
| Ending Page | 1287 |
| Page Count | 5 |
| Starting Page | 1283 |
| ISSN | 09540121 |
| e-ISSN | 13600451 |
| DOI | 10.1080/09540121.2014.911808 |
| Journal | AIDS Care |
| Issue Number | 10 |
| Volume Number | 26 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited |
| Publisher Date | 2014-03-13 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Journal: AIDS Care Biomedical Social Sciences Serodiscordant Couples |
| Content Type | Text |
| Subject | Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Health (social science) Social Psychology |
