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Kownaklai J, Graham M, Hayter M. Pregnancy decision making among Thai women living with HIV: a grounded theory study: Pregnancy decision making amongst Thai women living with HIV. Midwifery 2022; 115:103490. [PMID: 36155391 DOI: 10.1016/j.midw.2022.103490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2022] [Revised: 09/12/2022] [Accepted: 09/14/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE this qualitative research study aims to understand and generate a model of the pregnancy decision-making process in Thai women living with HIV. METHOD the constructivist grounded theory of Charmaz was chosen as the research approach and method to generate a pregnancy decision-making process which is shaped and constructed by personal and social processes. DATA COLLECTION was undertaken in antenatal clinics (ANCs) at two provincial hospitals located in the Northeast of Thailand. In-depth semi-structured interviews were conducted with 15 HIV positive pregnant women. Data analysis involved open coding, making-memos and using the constant comparative method to develop a grounded theory substantive model of HIV pregnancy decision making. FINDINGS the substantive model consists of 6 categories; 1) concealing HIV positive status from partner; 2) desire to have a child; 3) becoming pregnant; 4) keeping or terminating pregnancy; 5) accepting the decision; and 6) adapting to the decision. This research finds that the main concerns women living with HIV have in deciding to have a child are balancing fear, concealing HIV status and the information that they have in each decision making step. Based on the research findings, a unique process of decision making has been found amongst these women that relates to personal and Thai social beliefs. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR PRACTICE the concept illustrates not only the process of decision making but also highlights the main stages, issues and concerns of women living with HIV wanting a child. This study recommends that health care providers need to pay more attention to counselling women and couples living with HIV by giving sufficient contraceptive information to prevent unplanned and unwanted pregnancy, to support and guide the women who want and plan for pregnancy, in advance of this happening, and helping women to deal with HIV disclosure issues related to morality and the rights of couples. Moreover, respect and support must be accorded to HIV positive women about their right to have a child if they choose to do so.
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- Jaruwan Kownaklai
- Department of Maternal-Child Health and Midwifery, Faculty of Nursing, Mahasakham University, Thailand.
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- Co-adviser and Lecturer in Public Health / Graduate Research Director in the School of Health and Social Work, University of Hull, UK.
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- Principal adviser and Head of Nursing, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK.
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Navne LE, Svendsen MN. A Clinical Careography: Steering Life-and-death Decisions Through Care. Pediatrics 2018; 142:S558-S566. [PMID: 30171142 DOI: 10.1542/peds.2018-0478g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/09/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES In many Euro-American societies, the ideal of patient and family involvement in clinical decision-making prevails. This ideal exists alongside the doctor's obligation and responsibility to make decisions and to be accountable for them. In this article, we explore how medical staff navigate the tension between autonomy and authority when engaging life-and-death decision-making in a Danish NICU. METHODS The study rests on ethnographic fieldwork in a Danish NICU, involving participant observations in everyday care and decision-making work and semistructured interviews with staff and parents. All interviews were taped and transcribed. The empirical material was analyzed using thematic coding and validated in discussions with staff, parents, and social scientists. RESULTS Decisions are relational. Multiple moves, spaces, temporalities, and actors are involved in life-and-death decisions in the NICU. Therefore, the concept of medical decision-making fails to do justice to the complex efforts of moving infants in or out of life. Yet, many of these decision-making moments are staged, timed, and coordinated by medical staff. Therefore, we introduce an alternative vocabulary for talking about life-and-death decision-making in neonatology to help us attend to the moral stakes, the emotional tenor, and the fine-grained mechanisms of authority implied in such decisions around tiny infants. CONCLUSIONS We conceptualize decisions as an art of "careography." Careography is the work of aligning care for the infant, care for the parents, care for staff, care for other infants, and care for society at large, in the process of deciding whether it is best to continue or withdraw life support.
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- Laura E Navne
- The Danish Centre of Applied Social Science, Copenhagen, Denmark; and
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- Department of Health Services Research, Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Do K, Minichiello V, Hussain R, Khan A. Physicians' perceived barriers to management of sexually transmitted infections in Vietnam. BMC Public Health 2014; 14:1133. [PMID: 25366038 PMCID: PMC4240811 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2014] [Accepted: 10/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Background Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a public health problem in Vietnam with sub-optimal care in medical practice. Identifying practitioners’ perceived barriers to STI care is important to improve care for patients with STIs. Methods A cross-sectional survey was conducted among 451 physicians. These physicians were dermatology and venereology (D&V) doctors, obstetrical/gynaecological (Ob/Gyn) doctors, general practitioners, and assistant doctors working in health facilities at provincial, district and communal levels in three provinces in Vietnam. Results Almost all (99%) respondents mentioned at least one barrier to STI care. The barriers were “lack of STI training” (57%), “lack of professional resources” (41%), “lack of time” (38%), “lack of reimbursement” (21%), “lack of privacy/confidentiality” (17%), “lack of counselling” (15%), and “not the role of primary care provider” (7%). Multivariable logistic regression analysis showed that “lack of professional resources” was associated with respondents being in medical practice for ten years or under (vs. 11–20 years), and working at district or communal health facilities (vs. provincial facilities); “lack of time” were associated with respondents being female, seeing more than 30 patients a week (vs. <15 patients/week); and “lack of privacy/confidentiality” was associated with physicians’ seeing more than 30 patients a week (vs. <15 patients/week). Conclusion The study has identified several barriers to STI care in medical practice in Vietnam. Results of the study can be used to improve areas in STI care including policy and practice implications.
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- School of Rural Medicine, University of New England, Armidale, NSW 2350, Australia.
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MacCarthy S, Rasanathan JJK, Dourado I, Gruskin S. Quality, not just quantity: lessons learned from HIV testing in Salvador, Brazil. Glob Public Health 2014; 9:723-39. [PMID: 24881693 DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2014.920039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Studies have demonstrated that an early HIV diagnosis is a critical first step towards continued engagement in care. We examined HIV testing experiences in Salvador, Brazil, to understand how a focus on quality services can inform service provision more generally in the post-2015 global health agenda. Seventeen semi-structured interviews were conducted with HIV-positive pregnant women in Salvador, a large urban centre of north-east Brazil. Interviews were transcribed, translated and coded for analysis. Deductive codes confirmed factors identified in the literature review. Inductive codes highlighted new factors emerging from the initial coding. 'Quality' was defined according to global and national guidelines as HIV testing with informed and voluntary consent, counselling and confidentiality (3Cs). No pregnant woman experienced all elements of the 3Cs. Three women did not experience any informed and voluntary consent, counselling or confidentiality. Few women provided consent overall and none received pre-test counselling. Post-test counselling and confidentiality of services were more consistently provided. This study suggests that testing in Salvador - the third-largest city in the country - is not of the quality called for by global and national guidelines, despite the fact that HIV testing is being routinely provided for HIV-positive pregnant women in Brazil. Going forward, additional clarity around the 3Cs is necessary to improve how the quality, not just the quantity, of HIV services is measured.
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- Sarah MacCarthy
- a Alpert Medical School of Brown University and Miriam Hospital , Providence , RI , USA
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Conseil A, Mounier-Jack S, Rudge JW, Coker R. Assessing the effects of HIV/AIDS and TB disease control programmes on health systems in low- and middle-income countries of Southeast Asia: a semi-systematic review of the literature. Public Health 2013; 127:1063-73. [PMID: 24275033 DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2013.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2012] [Accepted: 09/23/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To systematically review the literature on if and how HIV/AIDS and TB programmes have impacted on general healthcare systems in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries. METHODS Medline, Embase, Global Health and CINHAL were searched for English language literature published between 1st January 2003 and 31st March 2011. Papers included had to focus on: HIV and/or TB control programmes; the low- and-middle-income ASEAN countries; and factors related to any health systems functions. The effects were examined along six system functions: Stewardship and Governance; Financing; Planning; Service Delivery; Monitoring and Evaluation; and Demand Generation. A comprehensive thematic analytical tool aligned with the above six health systems functions was developed to support data extraction and analysis. FINDINGS 88 papers met the inclusion criteria. Most programme effects highlighted were related with health service delivery. The other five health system functions were seldom scrutinized, and each covered by less than a quarter of papers. Overall 69% of effects highlighted were positive effects whereas 31% were negative. CONCLUSION There was a paucity of robust evidence. Effects on health systems were rarely a focus of research protocols but more often a minor component in the Results/Discussion sections. Particular attention should be paid by Global Health Initiatives to the negative effects that emerged from this study, such as the development of parallel systems, specific incentives not available to the general health systems, and lack of integration of services with private healthcare providers.
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- A Conseil
- Department of Global Health Development, Faculty of Public Health Policy, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, 15-17 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9SH, UK.
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Dao A, Hirsch JS, Giang LM, Parker RG. Social science research on HIV in Vietnam: a critical review and future directions. Glob Public Health 2013; 8 Suppl 1:S7-29. [PMID: 23906241 DOI: 10.1080/17441692.2013.811532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Social science research can enhance the response to Vietnam's growing HIV epidemic by capturing the country's rapidly changing social and political context. The present paper reviews the published, peer-reviewed and English-language social science literature on HIV in Vietnam in order to identify critical theoretical and substantive gaps, while laying the groundwork for future research. We found four broad foci for work on the social context of HIV and AIDS in Vietnam: the cultural meanings and social relationships that shape Vietnam's HIV epidemic; stigma and discrimination; social inequality and structural violence as contributors to HIV risk; and, finally, how broader global and social systems shape Vietnam's HIV epidemic. We signal the particular need for additional research on the effects of the media on attitudes towards HIV and AIDS, on social movements, and on health systems, as well as on a number of other key areas. Work along these lines, in addition to more effective communication of policy-relevant findings to those responsible for the development and implementation of policies and programmes, will strengthen Vietnam's response to HIV and AIDS.
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- Amy Dao
- Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
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Chi BK, Gammeltoft T, Hanh NTT, Rasch V. Contraceptive use among HIV-positive women in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam. Trop Med Int Health 2012; 17:1227-34. [PMID: 22845648 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.03046.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate contraceptive use among HIV-positive women in Ha long city and Cam Pha town of Quang Ninh, a Northern province of Vietnam. METHODS Cross-sectional questionnaire study among HIV-positive women identified through the district HIV/AIDS register. Information on socioeconomic characteristics and contraceptive use before and after HIV diagnosis was obtained through structured questionnaires. Chi-square testing was used to assess whether the included women differed from the target population in terms of age. Crude Odds ratios (ORs) were calculated to show the association between contraceptive use and the women's socioeconomic characteristics. Logistic regression analyses were applied to adjust for possible confounding. The women's contraceptive use before HIV testing and after HIV testing was described and compared by Chi-square testing, and the association between post-test counselling and the women's use of condom was assessed by ORs. RESULTS Of the 351 participants, 63% stated they had used contraception before HIV diagnosis and 89% stated they had used contraception after HIV diagnosis. Forty six per cent of the women had been using either the pill or an intrauterine device (IUD) before the diagnosis whereas the same applied for only 8% of the women after diagnosis. Thirty-nine per cent stated they had been using condom before HIV diagnosis whereas 87% stated condom use after HIV diagnosis. Condom use was more common among women who had received post-test counselling (OR 3.03, 95% CI 1.03-8.90). CONCLUSIONS A change of contraceptive methods from IUD and oral contraception before HIV diagnosis to condom use after HIV diagnosis was observed. The women's use of condoms after HIV diagnosis was associated with having received post-test counselling.
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- Bui Kim Chi
- Health Strategy and Policy Institute, Hanoi, Vietnam, Ministry of Health, Hanoi, Vietnam Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark Institute for Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, Hanoi, Vietnam Department of Obstetric and Gynaecology, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark Department of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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Hạnh NTT, Rasch V, Chi BK, Gammeltoft T. Prevention of mother-to-child transmission--precarious hopes and childbearing choices among HIV-infected women in a northern province of Vietnam. Women Health 2012; 52:485-502. [PMID: 22747185 DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2012.684372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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The world over, increased access to treatment brings reproductive hope to women infected with HIV. Yet, despite the expanding availability of programs for prevention of mother-to-child transmission, HIV-positive women continue to face numerous problems and uncertainties in the realm of reproduction. The results reported here are derived from ethnographic research conducted in a northern province of Vietnam in 2007. The authors interviewed 32 HIV-positive women, exploring the hopes that they invested in prevention of mother-to-child transmission, and examining how this new technology enhanced the women's faith in their futures and childbearing capacities. Based on the findings, the authors discuss the new forms of gendered uncertainty that arise in the era of HIV/AIDS in Vietnam. They conclude that prevention of mother-to-child transmission, including the counseling offered by health providers, plays an important role in building and strengthening reproductive hopes for women living with HIV, while also generating new concerns.
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- Nguyễn Thị Thúy Hạnh
- Department of Population, Institute for Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, No. 1 Ton That Tung Street, Khuong Thuong, Dong Da District, Hanoi, Vietnam.
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Akeke VA, Oguntibeju OO, Govender S. The perceptions of pregnant women, attending antenatal clinics, on the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV programme. S Afr Fam Pract (2004) 2011. [DOI: 10.1080/20786204.2011.10874157] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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- VA Akeke
- Elizabeth Ross District Hospital, Qwa-Qwa, Free State
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Wellness Sciences, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, Bellville
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- Department of Family Medicine and Primary Care, Faculty of Health Science, Stellenbosch University, Tygerberg
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Muhamadi L, Tumwesigye NM, Kadobera D, Marrone G, Wabwire-Mangen F, Pariyo G, Peterson S, Ekström AM. A single-blind randomized controlled trial to evaluate the effect of extended counseling on uptake of pre-antiretroviral care in Eastern Uganda. Trials 2011; 12:184. [PMID: 21794162 PMCID: PMC3170867 DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-12-184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2011] [Accepted: 07/27/2011] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background Many newly screened people living with HIV (PLHIV) in Sub-Saharan Africa do not understand the importance of regular pre-antiretroviral (ARV) care because most of them have been counseled by staff who lack basic counseling skills. This results in low uptake of pre-ARV care and late treatment initiation in resource-poor settings. The effect of providing post-test counseling by staff equipped with basic counseling skills, combined with home visits by community support agents on uptake of pre-ARV care for newly diagnosed PLHIV was evaluated through a randomized intervention trial in Uganda. Methods An intervention trial was performed consisting of post-test counseling by trained counselors, combined with monthly home visits by community support agents for continued counseling to newly screened PLHIV in Iganga district, Uganda between July 2009 and June 2010, Participants (N = 400) from three public recruitment centres were randomized to receive either the intervention, or the standard care (the existing post-test counseling by ARV clinic staff who lack basic training in counseling skills), the control arm. The outcome measure was the proportion of newly screened and counseled PLHIV in either arm who had been to their nearest health center for clinical check-up in the subsequent three months +2 months. Treatment was randomly assigned using computer-generated random numbers. The statistical significance of differences between the two study arms was assessed using chi-square and t-tests for categorical and quantitative data respectively. Risk ratios and 95% confidence intervals were used to assess the effect of the intervention. Results Participants in the intervention arm were 80% more likely to accept (take up) pre-ARV care compared to those in the control arm (RR 1.8, 95% CI 1.4-2.1). No adverse events were reported. Conclusions Provision of post-test counseling by staff trained in basic counseling skills, combined with home visits by community support agents had a significant effect on uptake of pre-ARV care and appears to be a cost-effective way to increase the prerequisites for timely ARV initiation. Trial registration The trial was registered by Current Controlled Trials Ltd C/OBioMed Central Ltd as ISRCTN94133652 and received financial support from Sida and logistical support from the European Commission.
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- Lubega Muhamadi
- District Health Office, Iganga District Administration, PO Box 358, Iganga, Uganda.
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Hạnh NTT, Gammeltoft TM, Rasch V. Number and timing of antenatal HIV testing: evidence from a community-based study in Northern Vietnam. BMC Public Health 2011; 11:183. [PMID: 21439043 PMCID: PMC3078880 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2010] [Accepted: 03/25/2011] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND HIV testing for pregnant women is an important component for the success of prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV (PMTCT). A lack of antenatal HIV testing results in loss of benefits for HIV-infected mothers and their children. However, the provision of unnecessary repeat tests at a very late stage of pregnancy will reduce the beneficial effects of PMTCT and impose unnecessary costs for the individual woman as well as the health system. This study aims to assess the number and timing of antenatal HIV testing in a low-income setting where PMTCT programmes have been scaled up to reach first level health facilities. METHODS A cross-sectional community-based study was conducted among 1108 recently delivered mothers through face-to-face interviews following a structured questionnaire that focused on socio-economic characteristics, experiences of antenatal care and HIV testing. RESULTS The prevalence of women who lacked HIV testing among the study group was 10% while more than half of the women tested had had more than two tests during pregnancy. The following factors were associated with the lack of antenatal HIV test: having two children (aOR 2.1, 95% CI 1.3-3.4), living in a remote rural area (aOR 7.8, 95% CI 3.4-17.8), late antenatal care attendance (aOR 3.6, 95% CI 1.3-10.1) and not being informed about PMTCT at their first antenatal care visits (aOR 7.4, 95% CI 2.6-21.1). Among women who had multiple tests, 80% had the second test after 36 weeks of gestation. Women who had first ANC and first HIV testing at health facilities at primary level were more likely to be tested multiple times (OR 2.9 95% CI 1.9-4.3 and OR = 4.7 95% CI 3.5-6.4), respectively. CONCLUSIONS Not having an HIV test during pregnancy was associated with poor socio-economic characteristics among the women and with not receiving information about PMTCT at the first ANC visit. Multiple testing during pregnancy prevailed; the second tests were often provided at a late stage of gestation.
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- Nguyễn TT Hạnh
- Department of Population, Institute for Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, No.1 Ton That Tung Street, Khuong Thuong, Dong Da, Hanoi, Vietnam
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5, DK-1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark
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- Department of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5, DK-1014 Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Odense University Hospital, 5000 Odense C, Denmark
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Owolabi RS, Daniel O, Araoye MO, Osagbemi GK, Odeigah L, Ogundiran A. Self–reported reasons for seeking HIV testing by people living with HIV/AIDS(PLWHA) in a tertiary hospital in Nigeria. ASIAN PACIFIC JOURNAL OF TROPICAL DISEASE 2011. [DOI: 10.1016/s2222-1808(11)60015-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/15/2022]
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Hạnh NTT, Gammeltoft T, Rasch V. Early uptake of HIV counseling and testing among pregnant women at different levels of health facilities--experiences from a community-based study in Northern Vietnam. BMC Health Serv Res 2011; 11:29. [PMID: 21299847 PMCID: PMC3048486 DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-29] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2009] [Accepted: 02/07/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND HIV counselling and testing for pregnant women is a key factor for successful prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV. Women's access to testing can be improved by scaling up the distribution of this service at all levels of health facilities. However, this strategy will only be effective if pregnant women are tested early and provided enough counselling. OBJECTIVE To assess early uptake of HIV testing and the provision of HIV counselling among pregnant women who attend antenatal care at primary and higher level health facilities. METHODS A community based study was conducted among 1108 nursing mothers. Data was collected during interviews using a structured questionnaire focused on socio-economic background, reproductive history, experience with antenatal HIV counselling and testing as well as types of health facility providing the services. RESULTS In all 91.0% of the women interviewed had attended antenatal care and 90.3% had been tested for HIV during their most recent pregnancy. Women who had their first antenatal checkup at primary health facilities were significantly more likely to be tested before 34 weeks of gestation (OR = 43.2, CI: 18.9-98.1). The reported HIV counselling provision was also higher at primary health facilities, where women in comparison with women attending higher level health facilities were nearly three or and four times more likely to receive pre-test (OR = 2.7; CI:2.1-3.5) and post-test counseling (OR = 4.0; CI: 2.3-6.8). CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that antenatal HIV counseling and testing can be scaled up to primary heath facilities and that such scaling up may enhance early uptake of testing and provision of counseling.
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- Nguyễn Thị Thúy Hạnh
- Department of Population, Institute of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Hanoi Medical University, No.1 Ton That Tung Street, Khuong Thuong, Dong Da, Hanoi, Vietnam
- Department of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5, DK-1014 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Anthropology, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5, DK-1353 Copenhagen K, Denmark
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- Department of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Øster Farimagsgade 5, DK-1014 Copenhagen, Denmark
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Odense University Hospital, 5000 Odense C, Denmark
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