Factors associated with desire for children among HIV-infected women and men: A quantitative and qualitative analysis from Malawi and implications for the delivery of safer conception counseling

AIDS Care - Psychological and Socio-Medical Aspects of AIDS/HIV

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 769-776

  Kawale, Paul ^a   Mindry, Deborah ^b   Stramotas, Stephanie ^c   Chilikoh, Peter ^d   Phoya, Ann ^e   Henry, Katherine ^f   Elashoff, David ^f   Jansen, Perry ^d   Hoffman, Risa ^f  

^a Nkhoma Hospital   (Malawi)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Partners in Hope Medical Center   (Malawi)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malawi)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

fertility desires; HIV; prevention of mother to child transmission; reproductive health; safer conception

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPTION; DELIVERY; DISEASE DURATION; FAMILY COUNSELING; FAMILY DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN NEEDS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; INTENTION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALAWI; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INFECTIOUS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84895516410     PISSN: 09540121     EISSN: 13600451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2013.855294     Document Type: Article

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