TY - JOUR
T1 - Role of healthcare in childbearing decision-making of WLHA in Nigeria
T2 - Application of PEN-3 cultural model
AU - Sofolahan-Oladeinde, Y. A.
AU - Iwelunmor, J. I.
AU - Conserve, D. F.
AU - Gbadegesin, A.
AU - Airhihenbuwa, C. O.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by the Penn State Africana Research Center and the Hintz Graduate Education Enhancement Fellowship awards.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2017/6/3
Y1 - 2017/6/3
N2 - Healthcare experiences among women living with HIV/AIDS (WLHA), determine their utilisation of sexual and reproductive health services, which ultimately influences their decisions on childbearing. This study aimed to understand the importance of healthcare support in the childbearing decision-making processes of WLHA, and its impact on eliminating new paediatric HIV infections. We conducted in-depth interviews between July and August 2012 with 15 WLHA receiving clinical HIV care at a teaching hospital in Lagos. Using PEN-3 cultural model, as a guide we explored perceptions of healthcare support pre- and post-partum. Findings indicate that faith in God for the delivery of a healthy child is significant during the pre-partum period, while the advice of healthcare workers concerning childbearing and access to available healthcare services carry more weight post-partum. Our findings have important implications for HIV treatment and care programmes geared towards WLHA considering childbearing, and ultimately the UN Global plan to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV, as we move towards the 2030 agenda for sustainable development.
AB - Healthcare experiences among women living with HIV/AIDS (WLHA), determine their utilisation of sexual and reproductive health services, which ultimately influences their decisions on childbearing. This study aimed to understand the importance of healthcare support in the childbearing decision-making processes of WLHA, and its impact on eliminating new paediatric HIV infections. We conducted in-depth interviews between July and August 2012 with 15 WLHA receiving clinical HIV care at a teaching hospital in Lagos. Using PEN-3 cultural model, as a guide we explored perceptions of healthcare support pre- and post-partum. Findings indicate that faith in God for the delivery of a healthy child is significant during the pre-partum period, while the advice of healthcare workers concerning childbearing and access to available healthcare services carry more weight post-partum. Our findings have important implications for HIV treatment and care programmes geared towards WLHA considering childbearing, and ultimately the UN Global plan to eliminate mother-to-child transmission of HIV, as we move towards the 2030 agenda for sustainable development.
KW - FAITH
KW - PEN-3 cultural model
KW - Women living with HIV
KW - childbearing decisions
KW - paediatric HIV prevention
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U2 - 10.1080/17441692.2016.1221982
DO - 10.1080/17441692.2016.1221982
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84984701173
SN - 1744-1692
VL - 12
SP - 680
EP - 693
JO - Global Public Health
JF - Global Public Health
IS - 6
ER -