Fertility Intentions and Reproductive Health Care needs of People Living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa: Implications for Intergrating reproductive Health and HIV Care Services

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dc.contributor.authorCooper, D D
dc.contributor.authorMoodley, J R
dc.contributor.authorZweigenthal, V
dc.contributor.authorBekker, L
dc.contributor.authorShah, I
dc.contributor.authorMyer, L
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-29T12:31:12Z
dc.date.available2016-07-29T12:31:12Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.date.updated2016-06-09T10:53:52Z
dc.description.abstractTailoring sexual and reproductive health services to meet the needs of people living with the human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV) is a growing concern but there are few insights into these issues where HIV is most prevalent. This cross-sectional study investigated the fertility intentions and associated health care needs of 459 women and men, not sampled as intimate partners of each other, living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa. An almost equal proportion of women (55%) and men (43%) living with HIV, reported not intending to have children as were open to the possibility of having children (45 and 57%, respectively). Overall, greater intentions to have children were associated with being male, having fewer children, living in an informal settlement and use of antiretroviral therapy. There were important gender differences in the determinants of future childbearing intentions, with being on HAART strongly associated with women’s fertility intentions. Gender differences were also apparent in participants’ key reasons for wanting children. A minority of participants had discussed their reproductive intentions and related issues with HIV health care providers. There is an urgent need for intervention models to integrate HIV care with sexual and reproduction health counseling and services that account for the diverse reproductive needs of these populations.
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10461-009-9550-1
dc.identifier.apacitationCooper, D. D., Moodley, J. R., Zweigenthal, V., Bekker, L., Shah, I., & Myer, L. (2009). Fertility Intentions and Reproductive Health Care needs of People Living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa: Implications for Intergrating reproductive Health and HIV Care Services. <i>AIDS and Behavior</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21031en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationCooper, D D, J R Moodley, V Zweigenthal, L Bekker, I Shah, and L Myer "Fertility Intentions and Reproductive Health Care needs of People Living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa: Implications for Intergrating reproductive Health and HIV Care Services." <i>AIDS and Behavior</i> (2009) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21031en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationCooper, D., Moodley, J., Zweigenthal, V., Bekker, L. G., Shah, I., & Myer, L. (2009). Fertility intentions and reproductive health care needs of people living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa: implications for integrating reproductive health and HIV care services. AIDS and Behavior, 13(1), 38-46.
dc.identifier.ris TY - AU - Cooper, D D AU - Moodley, J R AU - Zweigenthal, V AU - Bekker, L AU - Shah, I AU - Myer, L AB - Tailoring sexual and reproductive health services to meet the needs of people living with the human immuno-deficiency virus (HIV) is a growing concern but there are few insights into these issues where HIV is most prevalent. This cross-sectional study investigated the fertility intentions and associated health care needs of 459 women and men, not sampled as intimate partners of each other, living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa. An almost equal proportion of women (55%) and men (43%) living with HIV, reported not intending to have children as were open to the possibility of having children (45 and 57%, respectively). Overall, greater intentions to have children were associated with being male, having fewer children, living in an informal settlement and use of antiretroviral therapy. There were important gender differences in the determinants of future childbearing intentions, with being on HAART strongly associated with women’s fertility intentions. Gender differences were also apparent in participants’ key reasons for wanting children. A minority of participants had discussed their reproductive intentions and related issues with HIV health care providers. There is an urgent need for intervention models to integrate HIV care with sexual and reproduction health counseling and services that account for the diverse reproductive needs of these populations. DA - 2009 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - AIDS and Behavior LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2009 T1 - Fertility Intentions and Reproductive Health Care needs of People Living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa: Implications for Intergrating reproductive Health and HIV Care Services TI - Fertility Intentions and Reproductive Health Care needs of People Living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa: Implications for Intergrating reproductive Health and HIV Care Services UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21031 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/21031
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationCooper DD, Moodley JR, Zweigenthal V, Bekker L, Shah I, Myer L. Fertility Intentions and Reproductive Health Care needs of People Living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa: Implications for Intergrating reproductive Health and HIV Care Services. AIDS and Behavior. 2009; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/21031.en_ZA
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Public Health and Family Medicineen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceAIDS and Behavior
dc.source.urihttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10461-009-9550-1
dc.subject.otherHIV
dc.subject.otherReproductive intentions
dc.subject.otherInfluencing factors
dc.subject.otherHAART
dc.subject.otherSouth Africa
dc.titleFertility Intentions and Reproductive Health Care needs of People Living with HIV in Cape Town, South Africa: Implications for Intergrating reproductive Health and HIV Care Services
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