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Access to conception planning information and services for people living with HIV in Ontario, Canada: A community-based research study
- Source :
- Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies. 7:6-19
- Publication Year :
- 2012
- Publisher :
- Informa UK Limited, 2012.
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Abstract
- Decreased mortality, decreased risk of vertical HIV transmission, and many people living with HIV (PLWHIV) being of reproductive age have led many PLWHIV to consider pregnancy. However, scarce data exist regarding the conception planning resources required and available for PLWHIV to have safe and healthy pregnancies. This study aimed to identify gaps between the need for, knowledge of, and access to conception planning information and services among PLWHIV in Ontario, Canada. PLWHIV from three large and two small urban sites in Ontario were recruited (n = 63). Participants completed a cross-sectional survey assessing demographics, expectations and plans for conception, and knowledge about and access to existing conception information and services for PLWHIV. Univariate correlations and ranked analyses were used to assess the associations between the need for, knowledge of, and access to conception planning resources with various demographic variables. Participants’ median age was 40 years (interquartile ...
- Subjects :
- Gerontology
Community based research
Pregnancy
Health (social science)
Sociology and Political Science
Demographics
business.industry
media_common.quotation_subject
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Fertility
Reproductive age
medicine.disease_cause
medicine.disease
Developmental and Educational Psychology
medicine
Socioeconomics
Hiv transmission
business
Ontario canada
media_common
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17450136 and 17450128
- Volume :
- 7
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........f6236e0fbdd94a72583d1c22a9b5e855