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| Abstract #2037 - Pregnancy and HIV | ||||
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Session: 14.1: Pregnancy and HIV (Symposium) on Wednesday @ 14.30-16.00 in C103 Chaired by Sibylle Niderost, Sandra Van Den Eynde Authors: Presenting Author: Prof Karl Peltzer - Mahidol University, Thailand |
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| Aim: The aim of this study was to assess sexual activity, condom use and disclosure of HIV infection status among HIV-infected women 312 months after delivery and to identify factors associated with unsafe sex. | ||||
| Method / Issue: A cross-sectional study was carried out on 480 HIV-positive sexually active new mothers in 48 primary health care clinics in Nkangala District. Post-natal women were recruited by systematic sampling (every consecutive patient over a period of 2 months) and responded to a questionnaire. | ||||
| Results / Comments: Overall, 31.9% reported unsafe sex with an HIV uninfected of unknown-status partner. In multivariate regression analysis, not having disclosed their HIV status, having experienced physical partner violence, lack of male involvement and not having attended a support group were associated with unsafe sex. | ||||
| Discussion: The study found that HIV status disclosure was associated with safer sex, which conforms with other studies (Bii et al., 2008 Irungu et al., 2012). This shows the importance and the need for the promotion of HIV status disclosure, in particular, to their male partner. Social support in terms of male involvementand having attended a support group was found in this study to be associated with safer sex. This finding supports programmes increasing male involvementand mother support groups. | ||||
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