Psychosocial challenges of testing positive for HIV during pregnancy

British Journal of Midwifery

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 76-81

  Kelly, Carmel ^a   Alderdice, Fiona ^a   Lohan, Maria ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350158627     PISSN: 09694900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12968/bjom.2009.17.2.39375     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Alderdice F, McNeill J, Rowe R, Martin D, Dornan J (2008) Inequalities in the reported offer and uptake of antenatal screening. Public Health 122: 42-5
2. NHS Audit, Information Analysis Unit (AIAU), the National Study of HIV in Pregnancy & Childhood (NSHPC) and Children's HIV Association (CHIVA) (2007) Perinatal transmission of HIV in England 2002-2005 http://www.chiva.org.uk/ publications/PDF/2007/perinatal.pdf [Accessed 22 January 2009]
3. Barclay L, Everitt L, Rogan F, Schmied V, Wyllie A (1997) Becoming a mother - an analysis of women's experience of early motherhood. Journal of Advanced Nursing 25: 719-28
4. British HIV Association and Children's HIV Association (2008) Guidelines for the management of HIV infection in pregnant women and the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV. http://www.bhiva.org/cms1221368.asp [Accessed 27 January 2009]
5. Cross-Sudworth F (2007) Racism and discrimination in maternity services. British Journal of Midwifery 15 (6) : 327-31
6. Dave S, Stephenson J, Mercey D, Panahmand N, Jungmann E (2006) Sexual behaviour, condom use, and disclosure of HIV status in HIV infected heterosexual individuals attending an inner London HIV clinic. Sexually Transmitted Infections 82: 117-120
7. de Zulueta P, Boulton M (2007) Routine antenatal HIV testing: The response and perceptions of pregnant women and the viability of informed consent. Journal of Medical Ethics 33 (6) : 329-36
8. Eide M, Myhre M, Lindbaek M, Sundby J, Arimi P, Thior I (2006) Social consequences of HIV-positive women's participation in prevention of mother-to-child transmission programmes. Patient Education and Counselling 60: 146-51
9. Forbes K, Lomax N, Cunningham L, Hardie J, Noble H, Sarner L, Anderson J (2008) Partner notification in pregnant women with HIV: findings from three inner-city clinics. HIV Medicine 9: 433-35
10. Flowers P, Davis M, Hart G, Rosengarten M, Frankis J, Imrie J (2006) Diagnosis and stigma and identity amongst HIV positive black Africans living in the UK. Psychology & Health 21 (1) : 109-122
11. Health Protection Agency (2007) Testing times: HIV and other sexually transmitted infections in the United Kingdom: 2007. Health Protection Agency, London
12. Green G, Sobo EJ (2000) The Endangered Self Managing the Social Risks of HIV. Routledge, London
13. Kakimoto K, Kanal K (2007) Influence of the involvement of partners in the mother class with voluntary confidential counselling and testing acceptance for Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV Programme in Cambodia. AIDS Care: Psychological & Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV 19 (3) : 381-84
14. Kebaabetswe PM (2007) Barriers to participation in the prevention of mother-to-child HIV transmission program in Gaborone, Botswana: a qualitative approach. AIDS Care 19 (3) : 355-60
15. Kirshenbaum S, Hirky E, Correale J, Goldstein R, Johnson M, Rotheram-Borum MJ, Ehrhardt A (2004) Throwing the Dice: Pregnancy Decision-Making among HIV-positive women in four US cities. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health 36 (3) : 106-113
16. Mayfield Arnold E, Rice E, Flannery D, Rotheram-Borus M (2008) HIV disclosure among adults living with HIV. AIDS Care 20 (1) : 80-92
17. Nelms TP (2005) Burden: The phenomenon of mothering with HIV. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care 16 (4) : 3-13
18. Oakley A (1980) Women Confined. Towards a Sociology of Childbirth. Martin Robertson, Oxford
19. Painter TM (2001) Voluntary counselling and testing for couples: a highleverage intervention for HIV/AIDS prevention in sub-Saharan Africa. Social Science and Medicine 53: 1397-1411
20. Ruben R (1984) Maternal Identity and the Maternal Experience. Springer, New York
21. Sandelowski M, Barroso J (2003) Towards a metasynthesis of qualitative findings on motherhood in HIV-positive women. Research in Nursing & Health 26: 153-70
22. Sanders L (2008) Women's voices: the lived experience of pregnancy and motherhood after diagnosis with HIV. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care 19 (1) : 47-57
23. Segurado AC, Paiva V (2007) Rights of HIV positive people to sexual and reproductive health: parenthood. Reproductive Health Matters 15 (29) : s27-s45
24. Sherr L, Fox Z, Lipton M, Whyte P, Jones P, Harrison U, Camden & Islington Steering Group (2006) Sustaining HIV testing in pregnancy-Evaluation of routine offer of HIV testing in three London hospitals over 2 years. AIDS Care 18 (3) : 183-88
25. Simbayi L, Kalichman S, Strebel A, Cloete A, Henda N, Mqeketo A (2007) Disclosure of HIV status to sex partners and sexual risk behaviours among HIV-positive men and women, Cape Town, South Africa. Sexually Transmitted Infections 83: 29-34
26. Simpson BJ, Forsyth BW (2007) State-mandated HIV testing in Connecticut: personal perspectives of women found to be infected during pregnancy. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care 18 (5) : 34-46
27. Stevens PE, Hildebrandt E (2006) Life changing words: women's responses to being diagnosed with HIV infection. Advances in Nursing Science 29 (3) : 207-21
28. Stokes S, McMaster P, Ismail K (2007) Acceptability of perinatal rapid point-of care HIV testing in an area of low prevalence in the UK. Arch Dis Child 92: 505-508
29. Stuber J, Meyer I, Link B (2008) Stigma, prejudice, discrimination and health. Social Science & Medicine 67: 351-57
30. Surlis S, Hyde A (2001) HIV-positive patient's experiences of stigma during hospitalization. Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care 12 (6) : 68-77
31. Wilson JMG, Jungner G (1968) The principles and practice of screening for disease. WHO Public Health Papers. World Health Organization, Geneva
32. Wilson S (2007) 'When you have children, you're obliged to live': motherhood, chronic illness and biographical disruption. Sociology of Health & Illness 29 (4) : 610-26
33. Wynia MK (2006) Routine Screening: Informed Consent, Stigma and the Waning of HIV Exceptionalism The American Journal of Bioethics 6 (4) : 5-8