Postpartum women's prospective acceptability of long-acting HIV prevention approaches in Kenya: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

New long-acting pre-exposure prophylaxis (LA-PrEP) options offer an alternative to daily oral PrEP, which poses difficulties for adherence, especially during pregnancy and postpartum. Yet, limited data exist on LA-PrEP acceptability among pregnant and postpartum women. We aimed to evaluate its acceptability and identify strategies to enhance it.

Methods

We conducted an exploratory qualitative study with postpartum women in five public health facilities in Kisumu and Siaya Counties, Kenya. We conducted 70 in-depth interviews (IDIs) with postpartum women between August 2023 and March 2024. IDIs were conducted with women expressing high, low, and mixed LA-PrEP interest throughout pregnancy and postpartum. Inductive and deductive content analysis was used, and themes

SUBMITTER: Concepcion T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12366025 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature