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Gaps in knowledge and practice among postpartum women living with HIV in Swaziland

Gaps in knowledge and practice among postpartum women living with HIV in Swaziland. Charlotte Warren Rachel Shongwe , Nelisiwe Sikhosana , Joshua Kikuvi and Erick Oweya on behalf of INTEGRA Research Team International FP Conference Senegal 2011 11.30-13.00 1/12/11 . Background.

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Gaps in knowledge and practice among postpartum women living with HIV in Swaziland

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  1. Gaps in knowledge and practice among postpartum women living with HIV in Swaziland Charlotte Warren Rachel Shongwe,Nelisiwe Sikhosana, Joshua Kikuvi and Erick Oweya on behalf of INTEGRA Research Team International FP Conference Senegal 2011 11.30-13.00 1/12/11

  2. Background • Postpartum family planning (FP) programs enable women to achieve their fertility intentions • However postpartum unmet need for FP is high • Evidence suggests that women living with HIV continue to have unmet need for FP • This data focuses on interviews with postpartum women living with HIV • Cohorts are part of the larger study to measure use of integrated HIV/postnatal service and selected reproductive behaviours

  3. Methods • Cohorts of postpartum women (0 -10 weeks) were recruited (N= 1114) from 10 health facilities after receiving postnatal services • More than a third of the cohort (36%) were women living with HIV (n=402) • Responses were analyzed among women 0 -4 weeks postpartum and those five weeks or more since childbirth • Key outcomes compared using Chi Square test of association among postpartum women by HIV status

  4. Cohort age comparison by HIV status

  5. Marital status of all postpartum women interviewed by HIV status

  6. More HIV+ clients (50.4%) became pregnant when using a method compared to HIV negative clients (40.7%) [p=0.01] Only 13% had the correct knowledge regarding the fertile period FP methods used when client became pregnant and was not ready to be pregnant

  7. Fertility desires among postpartum women living with HIV

  8. Postpartum women living with HIV(0-10 weeks) do receive FP in postpartum period • 21.9% of all postpartum WLHIV received FP method on the day interviewed (compared to 16.5% of HIV negative women) • 21% had received method on a previous visit. • For women who were 5 weeks or more postpartum 26% received FP method on the day of interview and 36% were already using a method.

  9. Postpartum counselling received

  10. FP methods received by postpartum women on the day of the interview

  11. Use of condoms among those who received counseling on STI/RTI during ANC visits

  12. Conclusions • These findings suggest that fertility intentions of HIV positive women are low • There was limited knowledge of fertile period • Incorrect /inconsistent use of FP methods prior to the pregnancy which might explain why two thirds say their most recent pregnancy was unplanned. • More than half of women 5-10 weeks postpartum were using a contraceptive method

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