PMID- 18543527
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20080707
LR  - 20190923
IS  - 0012-835X (Print)
IS  - 0012-835X (Linking)
VI  - 85
IP  - 1
DP  - 2008 Jan
TI  - Family planning and safer sex practices among HIV infected women receiving 
      prevention of mother-to-child transmission services at Kitale District Hospital.
PG  - 46-50
AB  - OBJECTIVES: To determine the usage of family planning services and safer sex 
      practices among HIV infected mothers who had gone through the prevention of 
      mother to child transmission (PMTCT) process. DESIGN: Descriptive cross-sectional 
      study. SETTING: The maternal and child health and family planning (MCH-FP) 
      clinics in Kitale District Hospital, Western Kenya. RESULTS: A total of 146 
      respondents were recruited for this study. Only 44% of the respondents were using 
      some form of family planning. The most popular method of contraception was the 
      hormonal injectable contraceptives. Although 73% of respondents were no longer 
      planning to have more babies, only 45% of them were using a family planning 
      method. Only 38% of respondents reported condom use with their partners for safe 
      sex. Married women and those who had revealed their HIV status to their partners 
      were more likely to use condoms (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: Usage of family planning 
      services in this studywas low. A large percentage of the women were still 
      planning to have more babies and very few women were using condoms for safe sex. 
      Women who had informed their partners about their HIV status were more likely to 
      use condoms than those who had not. Male partner involvement is crucial in 
      decisions-pertaining to family planning use and safe sex practices.
FAU - Bii, S C
AU  - Bii SC
AD  - Minisry of Health, NASCOP, Provincial AIDS/STI Co-ordinator, North Rift Province, 
      Eldoret, Kenya.
FAU - Otieno-Nyunya, B
AU  - Otieno-Nyunya B
FAU - Siika, A
AU  - Siika A
FAU - Rotich, J K
AU  - Rotich JK
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - Kenya
TA  - East Afr Med J
JT  - East African medical journal
JID - 0372766
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Decision Making
MH  - Family Planning Services/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Female
MH  - HIV Infections/*prevention & control/transmission
MH  - *Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Health Status
MH  - Humans
MH  - Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical/*prevention & control
MH  - Kenya
MH  - Patient Acceptance of Health Care
MH  - Pregnancy
MH  - Prenatal Care
MH  - Safe Sex/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Sexual Behavior/*statistics & numerical data
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 2008/06/12 09:00
MHDA- 2008/07/08 09:00
CRDT- 2008/06/12 09:00
PHST- 2008/06/12 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2008/07/08 09:00 [medline]
PHST- 2008/06/12 09:00 [entrez]
AID - 10.4314/eamj.v85i1.9606 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - East Afr Med J. 2008 Jan;85(1):46-50. doi: 10.4314/eamj.v85i1.9606.