Contraceptive use and unmet need for family planning among HIV positive women on antiretroviral therapy in Kumasi, Ghana

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Laryea, Dennis O ^a   Amoako, Yaw A ^a   Spangenberg, Kathryn ^a   Frimpong, Ebenezer ^a   Kyei Ansong, Judith ^a  

^a KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Contraception; Ghana; HIV positive women; Unmet need

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONDOM; CONDOM USE; CONTRACEPTION; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY PLANNING; FEMALE; GHANA; GHANAIAN; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTED PATIENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH SERVICE; HIV INFECTIONS; PATIENT EDUCATION; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUALITY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ANTIRETROVIRUS AGENT; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTI-RETROVIRAL AGENTS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; CONDOMS; CONTRACEPTION BEHAVIOR; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FAMILY PLANNING SERVICES; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; REPRODUCTIVE BEHAVIOR; SEXUAL PARTNERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84908077445     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-14-126     Document Type: Article

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