Family planning use among women living with HIV: knowing HIV positive status helps - results from a national survey

Reproductive Health

Jane Namasasu¹  Dereje Habte² 

[1] Malawi Ministry of Health, Lilongwe, Malawi;United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)/United Nations Volunteers (UNV), Lilongwe, Malawi

关键词: Women;    Malawi;    HIV;    Family planning;   

Others  :  1210304
DOI  :  10.1186/s12978-015-0035-6

 received in 2014-11-28, accepted in 2015-04-30,  发布年份 2015

【 摘 要 】

Background

Women living with HIV continues to encounter unintended pregnancies with a concomitant risk of mother-to-child transmission of HIV infection. Preventing unintended pregnancy among HIV-infected women is one of the strategies in the prevention of new HIV infections among children. The aim of this analysis was to assess the practice of family planning (FP) among HIV-infected women and the influence of women’s awareness of HIV positive status in the practice of FP.

Methods

The analysis was made in the Malawi Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) data among 489 non-pregnant, sexually active, fecund women living with HIV. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed using SPSS software to identify the factors associated with FP use. Adjusted odds ratios (AOR) with 95 % confidence intervals were computed to assess the association of different factors with the practice of family planning.

Result

Of the 489 confirmed HIV positive women, 184 (37.6 %) reported that they knew that they were HIV positive. The number of women who reported that they were currently using FP method(s) were 251 (51.2 %). The number of women who reported unmet need for FP method(s) were 107 (21.9 %). In the multiple logistic regression analysis, women’s knowledge of HIV positive status [AOR: 2.32(1.54, 3.50)], secondary and above education [AOR: 2.36(1.16, 4.78)], presence of 3–4 alive children [AOR: 2.60(1.08, 6.28)] and more than 4 alive children [AOR: 3.03(1.18, 7.82)] were significantly associated with current use of FP.

Conclusion

Women’s knowledge of their HIV-positive status was found to be a significant predictor of their FP practice. Health managers and clinicians need to improve HIV counselling and testing coverage among women of child-bearing age and address the FP needs of HIV-infected women.

【 授权许可】

   
2015 Habte and Namasasu; licensee BioMed Central.

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